Flash of the Japanese encephalitis has carried away liv ...

In India large flash of the Japanese encephalitis is fixed. In hospitals have arrived about 900 infected, at least 200 have died, informs the Air Forces.
Practically all diseased lives in northern staff, some cases of an encephalitis were observed in the next state of Bihar and in Nepal. The city of Gorakpur located nearby from Nepalese border became flash epicentre. The majority infected - children at the age from six months till 15 years from poor rural families.

Flashes of the Japanese encephalitis become perceptible in India annually during a season of rains when districts flooded and become a place of reproduction of mosquitoes Culex tritaeniorhynchus, transferring a virus.

According to the expert on Rashmi Kumar's Japanese encephalitis (Rashmi Kumar) from Medical college Laknau, this year flash of a virus infection "is extraordinary severe". In hospital of Gorakpursky medical college there is no personnel for timely rendering assistance by all infected.
The Japanese encephalitis causes a virus from family Flaviviridae. Children till 15 years are especially sensitive to it. Specific treatment of this disease does not exist, therefore the basic method of struggle against it are inoculations. However, according to experts, because of bureaucratic obstacles the effective program of bacterination in India is not developed till now.

After mors of one and a half thousand children during epidemic of 2005 of protest action have compelled the government to buy in China large lot of inoculations from the Japanese encephalitis and to begin mass bacterination. However in 2008 of party of a free vaccine have been delivered Uttar Pradesh only in the beginning of September. Besides the majority of doses of a preparation have appeared delayed, or were unsuitable to application because of disturbances of conditions of storage. Current year vaccine deliveries also have appeared insufficient.

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