Trend of Japanese encephalitis in North India: Evidence from thirty-eight acute encephalitis cases and appraisal of niceties

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 517-530

  Saxena, Shailendra K ^a   Mishra, Niraj ^a   Saxena, Rakhi ^a   Singh, Maneesh ^a   Mathur, Asha ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Tiwariganj   (India)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; India; Japanese encephalitis; Outbreak; Seasonal incidence; Trend; Uttar Pradesh; Virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INDIA; JAPANESE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYALGIA; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLEOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; TREND STUDY; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 73449141479     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.470     Document Type: Article

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