Question : VIROLOGY INSTITUTE IN KERALA



(a) the details of incidences of Japanese-B Encephalitis and Dengue Fever during each of the last three years, State-wise;

(b) the details of the death cases, State-wise;

(c) the details of the Virology Institutes in India;

(d) whether the Government has received any proposal from the Government of Kerala to start a Virology Institute there; and

(e) if so, the decision of the Government thereon?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. ANBUMANI RAMADOSS)

(a)to(e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 33 FOR 2ND MARCH, 2005

(a)&(b): The incidence and deaths due to Japanese Encephalitis and Dengue Fever during the last 3 years as reported by the State Health authorities are given in Annexure I & II.

(c) Following four Institutes/Centres/Units in Virology under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have been functioning in the country: -

1.	National Institute of Virology, Pune, with Field Station at Bangalore.
2. National AIDS Research Institute, Pune.
3. Enterovirus Research Centre, Mumbai.
4. ICMR Virus Unit at Kolkata.


Apart from the Institutes under the ICMR, other important Organisations which are carrying out Medical Diagnosis Virology Work are:-


1. National Institute of Communicable Diseases(NICD), Delhi
2. National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Science, Bangalore.
3. All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi.
4. K.G. Medical College, Lucknow.
5. KIPM, Chennai, (Tamil Nadu)
6. CMC, Vellore.
7. Medical College, Pondicherry.


(d)&(e): No, Sir.


ANNEXURE-I

STATE-WISE CASES AND DEATHS DUE TO SUSPECTED JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS
Sl.No.	Affected States/UTs	2000	2001	2002	2003(P)	2004(P)#
C D C D C D C D C D
1 Andhra Pradesh 343 72 33 4 22 3 329## 183 7 3 2 Assam 158 69 343 200 472 150 109 49 235 64 3 Bihar 77 19 48 11 8 1 6 2 85 28 4 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 Delhi 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5 15 0 6 Goa 15 3 6 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 7 Haryana 74 43 47 22 59 40 104 67 17 13 8 Karnataka 438 45 206 14 152 15 226 10 181 6 9 Kerala 164 2 128 5 0 0 17 2 9 1 10 Maharashtra 2 0 126 1 119 16 475 115 22 0 11 Manipur 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 Punjab 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 13 Tamil Nadu 4 0 0 0 0 0 163 36 69 9 14 Uttar Pradesh 1170 253 1005 199 604 133 1124 237 1030 228 15 West Bengal 148 50 119 21 301 105 2 1 2 0
G.TOTAL 2593 556 2061 479 1765 466 2568 707 1672 352
C = Cases D = Deaths # = Cases as reported by respective States up to December, 2004. ## = Including Suspected viral Encephalitis

ANNEXURE-II
STATE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF CASES AND DEATHS DUE TO DENGUE: 2001 TO 2004
S.No. State 2001 2002 2003 2004(Prov.)
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
1. Andhra Pradesh 1 0 61 3 95 5 230 1 2 Bihar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Chandigarh 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 Delhi 322 3 45 2 2882 35 606 3 5 Goa 1 0 0 0 12 2 3 0 6 Gujarat 69 0 40 0 249 9 89 1 7 Haryana 260 5 3 0 95 4 25 0 8 Karnataka 220 0 428 1 1226 7 281 2 9 Kerala 41 0 219 2 3546 68 686 8 10 Maharashtra 54 2 370 18 772 45 856 22 11 Orissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 13 Punjab 49 0 27 2 848 13 52 - 14 Rajasthan 1452 35 325 5 685 11 207 0 15 Tamil Nadu 816 8 392 0 1600 8 831 5 16 Pondichery 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 17 Uttar Pradesh 21 0 0 0 738 8 4 0 18 D&N Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
Total:- 3306 53 1926 33 12754 215 3915 42