Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak, India, 2005

An outbreak of viral encephalitis occurred in Gorakhpur, India, from July through November 2005. The etiologic agent was confirmed to be Japanese encephalitis virus by analyzing 326 acute-phase clinical specimens for virus-specific antibodies and viral RNA and by virus isolation. Phylogenetic analys...

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Main Authors: Manmohan Parida, Paban K. Dash, Nagesh K. Tripathi, Ambuj, Santhosh Sannarangaiah, Parag Saxena, Surekha Agarwal, Ajay K. Sahni, Sanjay P. Singh, Arvind K. Rathi, Rakesh Bhargava, Ajay Abhyankar, Shailendra K. Verma, Putcha V. Lakshmana Rao, Krishnamurthy Sekhar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/9/06-0200_article