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Long-lasting insecticidal nets and insecticide treated bed nets are also being distributed among people in the affected areas.Naharani primary health centre (PHC) with 6 AES deaths and 3 JE deaths recorded the maximum causalities followed by Barbaruah and Khowang PHCs with 3 deaths each (2 JE, 1 AES cases each), Tengakhat PHC with 2 deaths (AES) and Lahowal PHC which recorded a single AES death. DIBRUGARH: Medical authorities have sounded a health warning in Dibrugarh district following the death of 18 persons from Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) this year.Confirming the death toll, joint director of health services (Dibrugarh) Udayan Kumar Baruah on Friday said so far 13 persons have died of AES while 5 persons have succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis. The outbreak of Japanese encephalitis usually coincides with the monsoon and post-monsoon seasons, when weather conductions are conducive for mosquitoes to breed. "Another 105 patients have been confirmed as encephalitis positive, out of which 75 have AES and 30 have JE. It has been confirmed that another 105 persons are suffering from encephalitis (75 from AES, 30 from JE) after their blood sample were tested at the laboratories of the Lahowal Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in Lahowal..