Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) causes Japanese encephalitis, which is a leading form of viral encephalitis in Asia, with around 50,000 cases and 10,000 deaths per year in children below 15 years of age. The JEV has shown a tendency to extend to other geographic regions. Case fatality averages 30%...
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| author | Sarika Tiwari Rishi Kumar Singh Ruchi Tiwari Tapan N. Dhole |
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| description | Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) causes Japanese encephalitis, which is a leading form of viral encephalitis in Asia, with around 50,000 cases and 10,000 deaths per year in children below 15 years of age. The JEV has shown a tendency to extend to other geographic regions. Case fatality averages 30% and a high percentage of the survivors are left with permanent neuropsychiatric sequelae. Currently, there is no cure for JEV, and treatment is mainly supportive. Patients are not infectious, but should avoid further mosquito bites. A number of antiviral agents have been investigated; however, none of these have convincingly been shown to improve the outcome of JEV. In this review, the current knowledge of the epidemiology and the pathogenesis of this deadly disease have been summarized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7858da6964f14b0882e17992d786e1f52022-12-22T01:17:35ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439116656457310.1016/j.bjid.2012.10.004S1413-86702012000600011Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspectiveSarika Tiwari0Rishi Kumar Singh1Ruchi Tiwari2Tapan N. Dhole3Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesSanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesSanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesSanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesJapanese encephalitis virus (JEV) causes Japanese encephalitis, which is a leading form of viral encephalitis in Asia, with around 50,000 cases and 10,000 deaths per year in children below 15 years of age. The JEV has shown a tendency to extend to other geographic regions. Case fatality averages 30% and a high percentage of the survivors are left with permanent neuropsychiatric sequelae. Currently, there is no cure for JEV, and treatment is mainly supportive. Patients are not infectious, but should avoid further mosquito bites. A number of antiviral agents have been investigated; however, none of these have convincingly been shown to improve the outcome of JEV. In this review, the current knowledge of the epidemiology and the pathogenesis of this deadly disease have been summarized.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000600011&lng=en&tlng=enEpidemiologyPathogenesisVector born diseasesEpidemics |
| spellingShingle | Sarika Tiwari Rishi Kumar Singh Ruchi Tiwari Tapan N. Dhole Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Pathogenesis Vector born diseases Epidemics |
| title | Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective |
| title_full | Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective |
| title_fullStr | Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective |
| title_short | Japanese encephalitis: a review of the Indian perspective |
| title_sort | japanese encephalitis a review of the indian perspective |
| topic | Epidemiology Pathogenesis Vector born diseases Epidemics |
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