Dengue virus is an under-recognised causative agent of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES): Results from a four year AES surveillance study of Japanese encephalitis in selected states of India

Background: Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) surveillance in India has indicated that Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) accounts for 5-35% of AES cases annually; the etiology remains unknown in the remaining cases. We implemented comprehensive AES surveillance to identify other etiological agents o...

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Main Authors: Ravi Vasanthapuram, Shafeeq Keeran Shahul Hameed, Anita Desai, Reeta Subramaniam Mani, Vijayalakshmi Reddy, Anoop Velayudhan, Ravi Yadav, Amita Jain, Lahari Saikia, A.K. Borthakur, Daiji Gogoi Mohan, Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay, Nemai Bhattacharya, Akshay Chandra Dhariwal, Prabir Kumar Sen, Srinivas Venkatesh, Jagdish Prasad, Kayla Laserson, Padmini Srikantiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219300190