Mizoram: 24 infected with dengue, figures likely to soar

Aizawl Civil Hospital and the District Hospital of south Mizoram's Lunglei town were declared as the Sentinel Site for Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis where Elisa Readers were in place for conducting tests.

• By: PTI
• Aizwal | October 26, 2016 03:36 PM IST
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Mizoram: The number of dengue cases is likely to go up with more samples being tested in different hospitals.

With 24 people found infected with Dengue and more samples being tested, the figure is likely to go up in Mizoram, State health department officials said on Wednesday. Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) State Nodal Officer Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma told media that 24 Dengue cases have been found in the north-eastern state since February and the figure is likely to go up with more samples being tested in different hospitals.

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Aizawl Civil Hospital and the District Hospital of south Mizoram’s Lunglei town were declared as the Sentinel Site for Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis where Elisa Readers were in place for conducting tests.

Lalmalsawma said that tests were also conducted at private hospitals in Aizawl on suspected Dengue patients.

He said that majority of the Dengue cases were infected locally while only two cases were found to be infected outside the state resulting in the discontinuation of screening at the Lengpui Airport from October one.

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