Pictures: Brain fever outbreak wreaks havoc in India
Health experts have long been dumbfounded by the root of the encephalitis outbreak
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Children showing symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) being treated at a hospital in Muzaffarpur district. Doctors are not sure what the cause is, but one theory is that the culprit is a toxin found in lychees eaten by children of poor families who go to bed with empty stomachs.
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A woman mourns over the body of her daughter, who died of acute encephalitis, outside a hospital in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
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An Indian child suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) is treated at the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur district in the eastern state of Bihar
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An Indian child suspected to have Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) arrives at the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur district in the eastern state of Bihar.
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A child showing symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) being treated at a hospital in Muzaffarpur
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An Indian child suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) at the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur district in the eastern state of Bihar
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Indian women cry after the death of a child from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) at the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur district
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An Indian child receives medical treatment due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) as family members react in a hospital in Muzaffarpur
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An Indian child suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) is treated at the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur
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Children showing symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) undergoing treatment at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), in Muzaffarpur
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