Incidence of Japanese Encephalitis among Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Cases in West Bengal, India

Background and Objectives. 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 th...

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Main Authors: Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay, Indrani Bhattacharyya, Srima Adhikary, Saiantani Mondal, Jayashree Konar, Nidhi Dawar, Asit Biswas, Nemai Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/896749