Open AccessSeroprevalence of Cysticercus Antibodies in Japanese Encephalitis Patients in Upper Assam, India: A Hospital Based Study
Author(s) -
Saurav Jyoti Patgiri,
Himangshu Mazumdar,
Lahari Saikia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18260.7795
Subject(s) - cysticercosis , neurocysticercosis , medicine , seroprevalence , odds ratio , encephalitis , epidemiology , japanese encephalitis , serology , pediatrics , immunology , antibody , pathology , virus
Co-infection of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Cysticercosis is attributed mainly to the common epidemiological features between the two diseases. Not much is known about the clinical implications of one infection over the other.