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New Delhi, June 16, 2019 :
More than 47 kids died due to encephalitis in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district.
As per the government, the cause is hypoglycemia. The Health Department has also issued an advisory urging parents to prevent their children from playing under the sun when temperature is hovering between 42 to 43 degree Celsius.
What to look for?
- Typhus encephalitis
- Herpes simplex encephalitis
- Leechi encephalitis is due to hypoglycemia
- First case of Nipah surveillance
Inputs from Dr Col PK Sethi: Many years back in Nagpur, a large number of children died during summer of so called epidemic of encephalitis. Under ICMR an enquiry was held. Dr Shriramcharya, a Neuropathologist was appointed. Prof Baldev Singh from AIIMS was also involved. I was working with Prof Baldev Singh. Autopsies were done. The results showed that the etiological agent for encephalitis was extreme heat.
