title: Acute encephalitis syndrome surveillance, Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2011-2012.
abstract: In India, quality surveillance for acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), including laboratory testing, is necessary for understanding the epidemiology and etiology of AES, planning interventions, and developing policy. We reviewed AES surveillance data for January 2011-June 2012 from Kushinagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India. Data were cleaned, incidence was determined, and demographic characteristics of cases and data quality were analyzed. A total of 812 AES case records were identified, of which 23% had illogical entries. AES incidence was highest among boys<6 years of age, and cases peaked during monsoon season. Records for laboratory results (available for Japanese encephalitis but not AES) and vaccination history were largely incomplete, so inferences about the epidemiology and etiology of AES could not be made. The low-quality AES/Japanese encephalitis surveillance data in this area provide little evidence to support development of prevention and control measures, estimate the effect of interventions, and avoid the waste of public health resources.
authors: Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India. manish.kakkar@phfi.org
authors: Manish
authors: M
authors: Kakkar
authors: Elizabeth T
authors: ET
authors: Rogawski
authors: Syed Shahid
authors: SS
authors: Abbas
authors: Sanjay
authors: S
authors: Chaturvedi
authors: Tapan N
authors: TN
authors: Dhole
authors: Shaikh Shah
authors: SS
authors: Hossain
authors: Sampath K
authors: SK
authors: Krishnan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D012621:Seasons; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: AES; India; JEV; Japanese encephalitis; Japanese encephalitis virus; acute encephalitis syndrome; epidemiology; etiology; surveillance; viruses
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