Epidemiological Report on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)/Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Outbreak in Bihar & Planning Perspectives for Its Control
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Epidemiological report on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)/Japanese Encephalitis (JE) outbreak in Bihar & planning perspectives for its control
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) is a major public health problem in Bihar claiming thousands of lives every year in Bihar. Initially, the disease outbreak was focused in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar but recent trend shows that disease outbreak has spread its foci in many other districts as well. AES cases were recorded from district reporting units comprising Govt Medical College & Hospitals...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Health Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2330-8788
DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.20140206.24