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Mystery illness puts 450 in hospital in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

One patient died, and officials looking into possible food or water contamination

One person has died and more than 450 have been admitted to hospital with a mystery illness in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Over the weekend hundreds of people in Eluru, a town in the southern state, collapsed and experienced seizures and nausea, and some reportedly foamed at the mouth.