Mortality and Disability Due to Japanese Encephalitis in Elderly Adults: Evidence From an Adult Tertiary Care Center in West China

Mortality and Disability Due to Japanese Encephalitis in Elderly Adults: Evidence From an Adult Tertiary Care Center in West China

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most important cause of viral encephalitis in Asia, with most cases seen in children <15 years. Recently, cases of JE in people aged >50 years have been increasingly reported, but the clinical presentation in these cases is largely unknown. We report h...

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Main Authors: Weixi Xiong, Lu Lu, Yingfeng Xiao, Jinmei Li, Dong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Japanese encephalitis
elderly
mortality
follow-up
outcome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00918/full

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