213 dengue cases in Dakshina Kannada

 

Mangalore, 22 Jul 2013: The Dakshina Kannada district has recorded 213 dengue positive cases till Sunday from the beginning of this year.

 

There have been two confirmed deaths and one more death is epidemiologically confirmed to have been caused due to dengue fever.

 

The deceased are Krishnappa Naik from Balpa, Sullia taluk and Jayaram from Bantwal taluk, who died last month and were confirmed dengue as per Elisa test. The third patient Juliet Mascarenhas, who died at private hospital was NS1 positive but was not Elisa confirmed.

 

Dr BV Rajesh, district Surveillance Officer, said: Though Elisa test had not been done on the patient the NS1 was positive and the epidemiological investigation points out to dengue.

 

Of the 213 cases, 81 tested positive at Government run laboratory and 90 in private laboratories. Also, there were 42 NS1 positive cases, which were done at government run laboratory.