India: 15 children succumbs to Encephalitis in Bihar

Posted on June 4, 2012 • Filed under: India, Travel News

Patna: Suspected encephalitis has killed 15 children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts in the last week, officials said Saturday. The mosquito-borne disease, which claimed nearly 150 lives last year, has returned with a vengeance. Eleven children have died in Muzaffarpur and four in Gaya. Over two dozen children have been admitted to hospitals in both places. Read article

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