Open AccessData from the world health organization (WHO) national network laboratory for japanese encephalitis
Author(s) -
AK Borthakur,
Nandini Das,
BJ Bora
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.112294
Subject(s) - japanese encephalitis , medicine , vaccination , dengue fever , epidemiology , pediatrics , encephalitis , disease , virus , virology
Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is the leading cause of viral neurologic disease and disability in Asia. In the present study JE virus-specific IgM in serum and CSF from acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) patients, attending Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMC and H), Dibrugarh, Assam from 2007 to 2009 were detected and different epidemiological parameters namely age, season and vaccination campaign were enumerated.