Encephalitis kills 14 more in central China
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Encephalitis kills 14 more in central China*
25 Aug 2006 04:33:35 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) - An outbreak of mosquito-borne encephalitis B
has killed another 14 people in China, adding to 26 deaths already
reported, a state newspaper said on Friday.
Health authorities in central Henan province said the fatalities were
among 437 people who had been infected since July, a sharp jump from the
number of infections reported in the first half of the year, the Beijing
News said.
The peak period for infections of the disease, which causes inflammation
of the brain, had passed and there would not likely be another big
outbreak this year, it added.
The report gave no reason for the sudden spike in infections.
Earlier this month, Chinese media reported that the disease had killed
19 people in the northern province of Shanxi and seven in neighbouring
Shaanxi, infecting more than 200 others in both provinces.