Japanese Encephalitis -- India
No new patient with encephalitis syndrome has been admitted in Malkangiri district headquarter hospital in the last 4 days, hinting that the threat of Japanese encephalitis (JE) is diminishing in this remote tribal district of Odisha.
As per reports, during past 3 months around 120 children have died due to lethal viral disease JE or by consumption of beans of _Cassia occidentalis_ locally known as 'bada chakunda'. Anthraquinone, a toxin found in _Cassia occidentalis_ was also alleged to be
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