An epidemic of encephalitis in Haryana: serological evidence of Japanese encephalitis in a few patients.
An epidemic of encephalitis occurred in the eastern, paddy growing districts of Haryana state between July and November 1990. One hundred and eighty-two patients with encephalitis were admitted to different hospitals in Haryana and 118 of them expired (mortality rate 64.8%); 88% of the patients were children. The male to female ratio was 2. 3. 1. IgM class of antibodies to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Virus could be demonstrated in the CSF and/or sera of 3 surviving and 2 fatal patients of the 19 patients studied. This is the first detailed report on an epidemic of encephalitis in North-Western part of India. Serologically proven cases of JE are being reported, for the first time, from this region.
Prasad
S R
SR
Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
Kumar
V
V
Marwaha
R K
RK
Batra
K L
KL
Rath
R K
RK
Pal
S R
SR
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male