Incidence rate of acute encephalitis syndrome without specific treatment in India and Nepal

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 240-251

  Potharaju, Nagabhushana Rao ^a  

^a OSMANIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

chandipura encephalitis; epidemic brain attack; epidemic stroke; forecasting; Japanese encephalitis; minimum surveillance standards; Performance target; record based study; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870262683     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.103473     Document Type: Article

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