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Three in Kerala diagnosed with kala azar
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23
Three migrant labourers in the state have been identified with kala azar or 'black fever', said Kerala health authorities.
A
top state health officer on condition of anonymity said that one case
has been detected in Thrissur and two in Malappuram district.
Kala
azar or black fever in medical lexicon is known as Visceral
leishmaniasis (VL), and is prevalent in central India and parts of north
India, but not in Southern India.
One of the patients currently being monitored for the disease is from Jharkhand.
Fever
outbreak at the onset of monsoon is very common in Kerala. But the
nodal officer for H1N1 in the state Amar S. Fettle said that at the
moment things are under control and all precautionary activities are
being undertaken.
"I am in touch with health officials in all the
districts through video conferencing and all the necessary inputs for
them are given on a day-to-day basis," said Fettle.
Meanwhile,
cases of various other diseases like dengue, malaria and rat fever have
been reported from central districts of the state and also from Kasargod
and Kozhikode.