印度爆发脑炎 400多人死亡
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More than 400 people, mainly children, have died in an outbreak of viral encephalitis in northern India, health officials say.

印度卫生官员称,北部地区有400多人死于病毒性脑炎,大多数死者是儿童。

Viral encephalitis has killed hundreds of children in Uttar Pradesh over the last decade
Viral encephalitis has killed hundreds of children in Uttar Pradesh over the last decade
So far 2,300 patients have been admitted to a hospital in the affected1 Gorakhpur area of Uttar Pradesh state.

A doctor told the BBC that it was a "tragedy beyond imagination", with children dying every day.

Nearly 6,000 children have died of encephalitis(脑炎) in the hospital since the first case was detected in 1978.

Most of the deaths this year have happened since July, doctors say.

The disease occurs regularly during the monsoon2(季风) in the Gorakhpur region bordering Nepal in the foothills of the Himalayas.

The low-lying areas are prone3 to floods, providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes which commonly transmit the virus.

'Tragedy'

Doctors say affected patients come from 10-12 districts in the region, and are mostly poor.

Until 2005, the majority of deaths were caused by Japanese encephalitis, caused by a mosquito-borne virus, doctors say.

But in the past six years, children have been dying of other forms of viral encephalitis, the exact cause of which is unclear.

One possibility is a water-borne virus present in contaminated water, doctors say.

The diseases cause head aches and vomiting4 and can lead to comas5, brain dysfunctions, seizures6 and inflammations of the heart and kidney.

Doctors say children between the age of six months to 15 years are worst affected and most of the victims are poor people from rural areas.

"It is unbelievable tragedy. There are five to 10 children dying every day," Dr KP Kushwaha, head of paediatrics at the BRD Medical College, the only hospital treating patients, told the BBC.

Most of the 370 beds in the paediatrics and medicine departments at the hospital are overflowing7 with more than one patient to a bed, he said.

A fifth of the children who survive have to live with neurological weaknesses, doctors say.

"Children are most affected because they have lower immunity8 and they end up consuming a lot of contaminated(受污染的) water at home," Dr Kushwaha said.



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1 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
2 monsoon 261zf     
n.季雨,季风,大雨
参考例句:
  • The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
  • The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。
3 prone 50bzu     
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
参考例句:
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
4 vomiting 7ed7266d85c55ba00ffa41473cf6744f     
参考例句:
  • Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
  • Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候,看不得人家呕。”
5 comas e1e9025082398bccb075920d3f50c3fd     
n.昏迷( coma的名词复数 )
参考例句:
6 seizures d68658a6ccfd246a0e750fdc12689d94     
n.起获( seizure的名词复数 );没收;充公;起获的赃物
参考例句:
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因,有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句
7 overflowing df84dc195bce4a8f55eb873daf61b924     
n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的,充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
  • The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。
8 immunity dygyQ     
n.优惠;免除;豁免,豁免权
参考例句:
  • The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
  • He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。
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