Doctors in Tamil Nadu have reported an increase in the number of patients testing positive for brain fever in the last three years despite the state's effort to vaccinate people in high risk areas. Healthcare experts say public health statistics in Tamil Nadu is unreliable because health department officials often underreport diseases. Between 2008 and 2012, Tamil Nadu saw a six-fold increase in acute encephalitis cases, a milder form of brain fever. This year, it fell, but the number of brain fever cases remain high. In 2012, the state told the National Vector Borne Disease Control...
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