Babasaheb V Tandale, Shilpa J Tomar, Vijay P Bondre, Gajanan N Sapkal, Rekha G Damle, Rahul Narang, Mohiuddin S Qazi, Padmaja V Goteti, Manish Jain, Dipty Jain, Vijay Kumar Guduru, Jyoti Jain, Rajesh V Gosavi, V Chandra Sekhar, Infectious-Encephalitis-Aetiologies Study-Group, Daya V Pavitrakar, Vasudha Shankarraman, Shubhangi A Mahamuni, Asha Salunkhe, Poornima Khude, Pravin S Deshmukh, Pradeep R Deshmukh, Abhishek V Raut, Abhimanyu K Niswade, Yogendra V Bansod, Uday W Narlawar, Manoj Talapalliwar, Pragati Rathod, Punam Kumari Jha, R Kondal Rao, K Jyothi, Padmini Soujanya B, Pavan Kumar M, Kishore Kumar K J, Amar Taksande, Sunil Kumar, Gargi Mudey, B S Yelke, Milind Kamble, Supriya Tankhiwale
BACKGROUND: We enhanced surveillance of hospitalizations of all ages for acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) along with infectious aetiologies, including the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). METHODS: From October 2018 to September 2020, we screened neurological patients for AES in all age groups in Maharashtra and Telangana States. AES cases were enrolled at study hospitals along with other referrals and sampled with cerebrospinal fluid, acute and convalescent sera...
August 2022: Journal of Clinical Virology