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The mystery of the killer Litchi
Source: Economic Times, Date: , 2017
Source: Economic Times, India, July 31, 2017:- Has the litchi been exonerated? Eating litchis on an empty
stomach did not trigger encephalitis-like symptoms in hundreds of malnourished
children in Muzaffarpur, Bihar in 2014, resulting in deaths. So, a January
paper in Lancet Global Health (‘Association of Acute Toxic Encephalopathy with
Litchi Consumption in an Outbreak in Muzaffarpur, India, 2014: A Case-Control
Study’(goo.gl/2Z93Ha) that pointed to a naturally occurring toxin in the fruit
as the prima facie cause for death has been proved wrong. New research from
Bangladesh, published in the July 2017 edition of The American Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (‘Outbreak of Sudden Death with Acute Encephalitis
Syndrome (AES) Among Children Associated with Exposure to Lychee Orchards in
Northern Bangladesh, 2012’, goo.gl/d5iesv), has proved that it is not the fruit
but a banned pesticide that is the actual culprit. It may appear as though the
last word on the issue has been spoken. But that is not the case.
Read More: http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/the-mystery-of-the-killer-litchi/
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