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Aizawl: An estimated 119 people died in Malaria outbreak in Mizoram between January and October in 2009 as the disease turned out to be the biggest killer, state health department officials said on Dec.17.
The increase in number of deaths is due to the fact that malaria patients approached the hospitals and health centres too late, they said. Those who died were without any medical treatment for at least four days or more and the average hospitalisation period was just two and half days, the officials said. State vector-borne diseases control sources said that out of 1, 51,631 blood samples tested, 8,426 people were found to be infected with the mosquito-borne disease.
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