NEW DELHI, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Eleven children have died of Japanese encephalitis in past two days, bringing the toll to the epidemic in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, northern India, to 311 so far this year, reported the semi-official Press Trust of India on Sunday.

    A total of 1,521 patients suffering from Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome have been admitted to hospital this year, and 311 of them have died, said the report.

    The deadly Japanese Encephalitis fever is caused by a virus found in pigs and is transferred to humans by mosquito bite.