NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (NVBDCP) of the Union Health Ministry reports 33 deaths due to visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or kala-azar...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Dengue in Delhi A woman from south Delhi has succumbed to dengue, the first fatality due to the vector-borne disease reported in the national capital this year, as the number...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Village officials are reporting a chickenpox outbreak that has affected hundreds of people across all age groups in Bihar’s Gaya district in eastern India. Village officials...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), or as it’s known locally as Chamki fever, in Muzaffarpur and the adjoining districts in Bihar state of India has grow...

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid onset of weakness of lower motor neuron type, including weakness of the respiratory and pharyngeal muscles, progressing to maximum...