title: Dengue encephalitis: why we need to identify this entity in a dengue-prone region.
abstract: Classical dengue fever is commonly seen in children and young adults. It commonly presents with fever, severe headache, body ache and retro-orbital pain. Unlike other arboviral infections, dengue virus does not usually cause neurological manifestations. We report a 13-year-old boy with dengue encephalitis. Dengue encephalitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute viral encephalitis especially in countries like India where dengue has assumed epidemic proportions. These undiagnosed cases are at risk of developing complications of dengue haemorrhagic fever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. jameel_muzaffar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muzaffar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venkata Krishnan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis*