Sunday, August 20, 2006
Coxsackie-B might hit anywhere in UP
Times of India, Lucknow
Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome (AVES) might strike in the plains of UP as well after taking toll of more than 60 lives in the Terai belt of the state. All that the virus needs is unhygienic living condition and poor resistance to diseases, which exists in abundance here.
It is not caused by mosquitoes and undergoes man to man transmission. But despite this, the state health machinery is sitting idle.
Director General medical health, Dr B Nath said, "We will wait for the National Institute of Virology, Pune to confirm the SGPGI reports. Only then we will draw a strategy to meet the crisis. The team is expected to visit several districts of eastern UP in the coming week."
Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome (AVES) might strike in the plains of UP as well after taking toll of more than 60 lives in the Terai belt of the state. All that the virus needs is unhygienic living condition and poor resistance to diseases, which exists in abundance here.
It is not caused by mosquitoes and undergoes man to man transmission. But despite this, the state health machinery is sitting idle.
Director General medical health, Dr B Nath said, "We will wait for the National Institute of Virology, Pune to confirm the SGPGI reports. Only then we will draw a strategy to meet the crisis. The team is expected to visit several districts of eastern UP in the coming week."
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