Litchi–associated Acute Encephalitis in Children, Northern Vietnam, 2004–2009

Litchi–associated Acute Encephalitis in Children, Northern Vietnam, 2004–2009

Since the end of the 1990s, unexplained outbreaks of acute encephalitis in children coinciding with litchi harvesting (May–July) have been documented in the Bac Giang Province in northern Vietnam. A retrospective ecologic analysis of data for 2004–2009 involving environmental, agronomic, and climati...

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Main Authors: Juliette Paireau, Nguyen Hai Tuan, Rémi Lefrançois, Matthew R. Buckwalter, Ngu Duy Nghia, Nguyen Tran Hien, Olivier Lortholary, Sylvain Poirée, Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Antoine Gessain, Matthew L. Albert, Paul T. Brey, Phan Thi Nga, Arnaud Fontanet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Encephalitis
epidemics
disease outbreaks
epidemiology
risk factors
litchi
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/11/11-1761_article

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