title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Indian Council of Medical Research, 4, Sarojini St., Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai 625002, India. d1crme@sify.com
authors.forename: Lalitha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kabilan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thenmozhi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muthukumaravel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajendran
mesh_terms: 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