Children in the Amazon city of Araguatins in the remote northern Brazilian state of Tocantins are blinding one after another. But, what factors are to be blamed for these are still unclear, health officials informed on Wednesday. Among 365 children three are identified with similar lesions on their eyes by the Disease Control Agency of Tocantins, who are totally blind.
It was in November, 2005, the first 17 cases are reported by the agency. It was since then, compilation of data is being made by state and federal health officials, epidemiologists from the University of Sao Paulo and the Osvaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and specialists from Rio Grande do Sul and the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta to identify the cause of the disease.
Via: Reuters