An outbreak of acute neurological illness associated with drinking water source following a cyclone in Eluru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India, December 2020

• Main Authors: Sahil Sharma (Author), Purvi Patel (Author), Sanket Vasant Kulkarni (Author), Avinash Deoshatwar (Author), Rajesh Yadav (Author), Sukarma Tanwar (Author), Kata Manohar (Author), Joshi Roy Dolla (Author), Sudhir Kumar Jain (Author), Sujeet Kumar Singh (Author), Tanzin Dikid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: In December 2020, over 500 residents of Eluru City were hospitalised with seizures and sudden loss of consciousness (LOC) resembling the neurotoxic effects of organochlorine poisoning after a flooding event during the last week of November 2020. We described the epidemiological investiga...