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Experts say the deaths could be avoided if people had awareness and access to better health care and nourishment

The deaths were preventable, doctors say, if poor families had access to good food, clean water and better medical care in Muzaffarpur district

Researchers who conduced a study of 390 children who fell sick in 2014 in Muzaffarpur said that lychees contained hypoglycin A, an amino acid that can disrupt metabolism, lowering blood sugar levels

Several years ago US researchers said the brain disease could be linked to a toxic substance found in lychees, the tropical fruit

Nearly 100 children have died this month from encephalitis, commonly known as brain fever, in Bihar

NEW DELHI: Almost 570 people in India have died after contracting encephalitis, commonly known as "brain fever", health authorities said on Friday, warning the death toll may rise with more people still at risk.