Hospital- and laboratory-based investigations of hospitalized children with central nervous system-related symptoms to assess Japanese encephalitis virus etiology in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India.
A collaborative investigation of hospitalized encephalitic children in south India, between July 2002 and February 2003, has indicated that Japanese encephalitis was confirmed in 27.3% of these children. In developing countries, assessment of actual Japanese encephalitis disease burden requires strengthening of diagnostic laboratory capacities at hospitals.
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Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Indian Council of Medical Research, 4, Sarojini St., Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai 625002, India. d1crme@sify.com
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Srinivasan
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Thenmozhi
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Muthukumaravel
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Rajendran
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007753:Laboratories; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction