An article from The Real Truth, excerpt :
" Doctors are struggling to identify the sudden outbreak of “a mysterious viral infection” that has so far killed 256 people in India.
The mystery disease strikes mainly children and the elderly, with symptoms that include vomiting, headaches and high fever before killing its victims. Children are most vulnerable due to poor nutrition causing an inferior immune response to infections.
“The disease started from Ahrauli Sheikh village in Amraudha block and within a month’s time spread to 48 villages, housing 3,000 families. It was also learnt that the infants who fell victims to the disease were suffering from acute malnutrition. ‘The infants were suffering from malnutrition and that made some of them vulnerable to the killer virus,’ said [a] district nodal officer…” (“Mystery fever: Death toll continues to rise,” The Times of India).
Doctors and microbiologists are performing detailed tests on blood samples at the National Institute for Communicable diseases in New Delhi, but remain puzzled by the virus, speculating whether it could be a mutant form of dengue fever or malaria."
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