Japanese Encephalitis -- India
When SI, 21, a resident of North Assam's Lakhimpur district, recently started throwing up, running a temperature, and complaining of a headache, his family rushed him to the mini-primary health centre in the area.
The district has been at the centre of an acute encephalitis syndrome outbreak. At least 7 Japanese encephalitis (JE) death cases have been confirmed this year [2018] in the district so far.
Acute encephalitis syndrome is a condition of brain inflammation caused by both
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5974190&promed&0
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