Japanese Encephalitis -- India
With 135 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) -- which manifests itself in the form of brain fever -- Lucknow district has the maximum number of cases of the deadly disease this year [2018] among 48 districts of the state where it is reported. This is 15 times more than the number of cases last year [2017].
The data maintained by the health department from 1 Jan - 6 Jul this year [2018] records 11 AES deaths in Lucknow. Apart from this, 6 cases of Japanese encephalitis (JE), a disease
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