Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis among Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in West Bengal, India
Joint Authors
Bandyopadhyay, Bhaswati
Bhattacharyya, Indrani
Adhikary, Srima
Mondal, Saiantani
Konar, Jayashree
Dawar, Nidhi
Biswas, Asit
Bhattacharya, Nemai
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most important cause of acute and epidemic viral encephalitis.
Every year sporadic JE cases are reported from the various districts of West Bengal, indicating its endemicity in this state.
JE vaccination programme has been undertaken by the State Health Department of West Bengal.
This study was aimed at seeing the present scenario of JE among acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) cases in West Bengal.
Materials and Methods.
Blood and/or CSF samples were referred from suspected AES cases to the referral virology laboratory of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine from different hospitals of Kolkata.
IgM antibody capture ELISA was performed on the CSF and serum samples by JE virus MAC ELISA kit supplied by the National Institute of Virology, Pune.
Results.
The present study reveals that 22.76% and 5% of the AES cases were positive for JE IgM in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
JE is mainly prevalent in children and adolescents below 20 years of age with no gender predilection.
Although the percentages of JE positive cases were high in 2011, it sharply decreased thereafter possibly due to better awareness programs, due to mass vaccination, or simply due to natural epidemiological niche periodicity due to herd immunity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bandyopadhyay, Bhaswati& Bhattacharyya, Indrani& Adhikary, Srima& Mondal, Saiantani& Konar, Jayashree& Dawar, Nidhi…[et al.]. 2013. Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis among Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in West Bengal, India. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005349
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bandyopadhyay, Bhaswati…[et al.]. Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis among Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in West Bengal, India. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005349
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bandyopadhyay, Bhaswati& Bhattacharyya, Indrani& Adhikary, Srima& Mondal, Saiantani& Konar, Jayashree& Dawar, Nidhi…[et al.]. Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis among Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in West Bengal, India. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1005349
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1005349