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A squad of experts from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai, and the State Health section person completed their tract visits successful Kozhikode territory arsenic portion of a survey into the caller surge of amoebic meningoencephalitis cases successful Kerala.
Till October 31, the State has reported 153 confirmed cases of the corruption and 33 deaths. The ICMR-NIE survey is focussing connected Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram districts, which accounted for a bulk of the cases successful 2024 and this year.
Sources said that the squad arrived successful Kozhikode connected October 27 and held discussions with the authorities astatine the Government Medical College Hospital. They started visiting the houses of the infected persons connected October 28. Over 5 days, the squad visited 75 houses astatine places specified arsenic Velliparamba, Omassery, Annassery, Naduvannur, Kizhakkoth, Pantheerankavu, Nallalam and Vengalam. This includes the houses of 15 infected persons and 4 others each successful their vicinity. The squad was divided into 3 groups, which besides had doctors from the Community Medicine section astatine the Kozhikode MCH, epidemiologists, and members of the territory surveillance office. They spoke to the household members of the infected persons and collected h2o samples from the premises.
