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Japanese encephalitis associated acute encephalitis syndrome cases in West Bengal, India: A sero-molecular evaluation in relation to clinico-pathological spectrum.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2015
Sarkar Arindam, Datta Somenath, Pathak Bani K, Mukhopadhyay Subhra K, Chatterjee Shyamalendu
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a major public health problem in Asia and worldwide and it is responsible mainly for viral acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). The sole etiologic agent of JE is Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Although JE/AES cases have been regarded traditionally as a disease of children, a growing number of patients with JE/AES cases are also seen in the adult age group every year in the state of...
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