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Two die in Assam with Japanese Encephalitis

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Guwahati, Aug 4: Two people in Assam died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a vector-borne illness on Thursday.

JE is a viral brain infection that spreads through mosquito bites. The virus found in pigs and birds is passed to mosquito when they bite infected animals.

According to medical reports, a teenage girl succumbed to the disease after days of fighting with the disease.

She was a resident of Chirang’s Basugaon.

In another incident, a social activist, Mukut Bhuyan died during his treatment at a private hospital in Nagaon.

With the death of these two, the death toll related to Japanese Encephalitis reached three in Assam within July.

An 11-year-old boy in Assam’s Rupohihat died of JE on August 1.

According to reports, he died at a Nagaon private hospital while undergoing treatment.

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