Between 2008 and 2014, there have been more than 44,000 cases and nearly 6,000 deaths from encephalitis in India, particularly in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, according to ‘Acute encephalitis in India: An unfolding tragedy’ by Jai Prakash Narain, A. C. Dhariwal, and C. Raina MacIntyre published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR).AF. READ MORE