Japanese Encephalitis

Five vector-borne diseases to watch out for in India

Globally, 17% of infectious diseases are spread by vectors - animals that form a bridge between humans and infectious microorganisms to transmit disease.

Encephalitis in Bihar: Lack of proper preventive measures make brain fever recurrent disease, but causative agents continue to elude doctors

Despite efforts of the Government of India, the burden and mortality of AES cases have not decreased, and definitive causative agents are yet to be pinned down.

Encephalitis toll in Assam reaches 120 this year; state minister announces free treatment in govt hospitals

The death toll due to encephalitis in Assam has reached 120 this year, Minister of State for Health Pijush Hazarika said on Monday.

Harsh Vardhan dispatches central team to Assam to probe Japanese Encephalitis cases, says he is 'closely monitoring' situation

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday dispatched a central team to review health situation in Assam after Japanese Encephalitis cases reported in the state

Encephalitis in Bihar: Rising deaths not only reveal poor infrastructure, but also Nitish Kumar govt's failure to tackle seasonal crisis

Doctors are scrambling to find reasons and solutions and political parties are aiming potshots at each other even as the number of children succumbing to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur climbed up to 150 on Tuesday

FIR against 39 for protesting deficient water supply, encephalitis deaths in Bihar's Vaishali district; villagers vacate homes after outbreak

An FIR has been lodged against 39 people in Harivanshpur in Vaishali district in Bihar on Tuesday after they protested the lack of water supply and death of several children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)

Encephalitis in Bihar: Eight additional advanced life support ambulances deployed in affected districts, says Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that eight additional Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances have been deployed to transport the patients in the districts affected with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE)

Encephalitis in Bihar: 5 more children die due to brain fever outbreak at Muzaffarpur's SKMCH, 68 kids in ICU, confirms senior official

The SKMCH has reported 93 casualties so far due to AES and only 118 children have been discharged after treatment. The rest are undergoing treatment.

Encephalitis outbreak in Bihar's Muzaffarpur: Given the complex mix of symptoms, it may take decades to identify reasons causing brain fever

The brain-fever or Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, which has killed more than 60 children below the age of 10 in the last two weeks, is not new to this region. For over four decades, the wards of government hospitals in over 12 districts of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh brim with unconscious kids suffering from high fever and convulsions each year, the actual cause of which remains unknown.

Encephalitis may not be real cause of children's deaths in Muzaffarpur; investigation necessary into possible toxins in lychees

Currently, the investigation of the 'encephalitis' outbreak in India looks like five blind people describing an elephant.