Clinical Profile and Outcome of Japanese Encephalitis in Children Admitted with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome

Comment on “Clinical Profile and Outcome of Japanese Encephalitis in Children Admitted with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome”

We read with great interest the article by Kakoti et al. [1] and have the following comments to offer. Out of 223 hospitalized acute encephalitis syndrome patients, 30% (67) were diagnosed as confirmed Japanese encephalitis (JE). In the recent studies enteroviruses (EVs) are being identified as one of the common causes of encephalitis in children worldwide [2, 3]. Various studies from India, Ku...

Clinical Profile and Outcome of Japanese Encephalitis in Children Admitted with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an arthropod borne viral disease. Children are most commonly affected in Southeast Asian region showing symptoms of central nervous system with several complications and death. The clinical characteristics and outcomes in pediatric JE patients hospitalized with acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) are still poorly understood. A prospective study was conducted in pedia...

Comparative Spatial Dynamics of Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Nepal

Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a vector-borne disease of major importance in Asia. Recent increases in cases have spawned the development of more stringent JE surveillance. Due to the difficulty of making a clinical diagnosis, increased tracking of common symptoms associated with JE-generally classified as the umbrella term, acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has been developed in many countries....

Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis among Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in West Bengal, India

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most important cause of acute and epidemic viral encephalitis. Every year sporadic JE cases are reported from the various districts of West Bengal, indicating its endemicity in this state. JE vaccination programme has been undertaken by the State Health Department of West Bengal. This study was aimed at seeing the present scenario of J...

Clinical and prognostic features among children with Acute 1 Encephalitis Syndrome in Nepal ; a retrospective study