Encephalitis Death Toll Hits 352 in India (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050901/ap_on_he_me/india_encephalitis"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050831/capt.xdel10408310408.india_asia_encephalitis_killer_xdel104.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=u1kAW9qYTU_5wjfVULjoAw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A child inflicted by Japanese encephalitis, or JE, is treated at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur, 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Lucknow, India, Friday, Aug. 26, 2005. As the encephalitis outbreak rages in northern India, a vaccine in China could have been used to keep more than 175 children from dying and hundreds more from likely suffering a lifetime of mental and physical disabilities. But borders and politics complicate the issue, making access impossible without money and a strong political will, researchers say. JE is found only in the Asia-Pacific with about 50,000 cases logged every year, including 15,000 deaths, according to the World Health organization. (AP Photo/Ajay Kumar Singh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japanese encephalitis killed 44 children overnight Thursday in northern India and the government deployed pig catchers in the worst-hit areas to round up swine, which carry the disease that has now claimed 352 lives since midsummer.</p><br clear=all>

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