Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy visits hospitalised victims of mystery disease

It may be recalled that the mysterious disease saw people suddenly falling unconscious after suffering from symptoms of fits and nausea.

The outbreak started in the 1 Town area of Eluru and claimed one life on Sunday. Health authorities could not yet establish the cause of the disease, though blood tests and CT (brain) scans were performed.

Cerebral Spinal Fluid tests also turned out to be normal. The probable cause could become evident only after the
culture test results came in.

E-coli results were also awaited. Though initially it was suspected that water contamination could have been the cause of the disease outbreak, sample tests ruled that out.

BJP MP G V L Narasimha Rao said, after talking to experts at the AIIMS, New Delhi, that poisonous organochlorine substances could be the most likely cause of the disease.