Encephalitis outbreak in India claims 456 lives
5th Sep 2005, 21:57 GMT
The official death toll from a japanese encephalitis outbreak in northern India has risen to 456 in the past month but one expert warns "thousands of children" may have died in remote villages. The latest 16 deaths have been reported from the previously-unaffected districts of Unnao and Balrampur of Uttar Pradesh state.
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