Hepatitis E -- India
South Kashmir is experiencing nearly daily increase in new hepatitis E [virus, HEV] cases due to contaminated water. The health officials are apprehensive that the situation may get worse, prompting the Divisional Administration to closely monitor the rate of infection to identify potential clusters of disease. Officials said the number of suspected HEV cases jumped to over 100 in Kulgam district alone, about 40 miles [64 km] south of summer capital Srinagar. That number includes 8 confirmed
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