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.New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) As many as 55 people, mostly children, have died in Bihar in the last one-and-a-half months due to encephalitis, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said clinical and epidemiological data suggests that it was an outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome resulting in 150 cases and 55 deaths, mostly among children.
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In a written reply, the minister said these cases were reported early June to middle July.
He said cases of encephalitis, a rare brain inflammation caused by a virus, were reported from Muzaffarpur and its bordering areas in Bihar.
Azad said rapid response teams (RRTs) consisting of experts in epidemiology, entomology, microbiology and medicine have been trained and positioned at district, state and central levels to mount rapid response to disease outbreaks.
He said RRTs at central level are dispatched to affected areas as and when the need arises to support local health authorities in prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of outbreak-prone diseases.
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