Published Date: 2012-06-30 13:33:49
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other - India (08) (BI) comment, RFI
Archive Number: 20120630.1185855
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS AND OTHER - INDIA (08): (BIHAR) COMMENT, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Sat 30 Jun 2012
From: Dr.Steve Berger [edited]
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
re: Japanese encephalitis & other - India (07): (BI) 20120629.1184898
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I ran the following through Gideon www.GideonOnline.com :
India, epidemic, fatal infection, encephalitis.
Assuming a single infectious etiology, the following are suggested as
althernative diagnoses which might not be included in routine testing:
Nipah virus infection
Kyasanur Forest disease
Chandipura
West Nile fever
Gideon also lists two additional regional diseases which have not been
reported in India to date:
Tick-borne encephalitis (? milk-borne)
Banna virus infection
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Communicated by:
Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
[It would be of interest to know if the Indian National Institute of Virology tested for any of the above pathogens when they processed cerebral spinal fluid and blood samples of the 73 patients from Muzaffarpur district. Interestingly, the Gideon search does not list enteroviruses. Many of the reports from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states associate the encephalitis cases with polluted water, suggesting enterovirus etiologies. ProMED thanks Steve Berger for providing the Gideon information.
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map showing the location of Bihar state can be accessed at http://healthmap.org/r/1*O9. - Mod.TY]
See Also
Japanese encephalitis & other - India (07): (BI) 20120629.1184898Japanese encephalitis & other - India (06): (BI, UP) 20120616.1170331
Japanese encephalitis & other - India (05): (BI) 20120613.1166861
Japanese encephalitis & other - India (04): (BI), RFI 20120612.1165900
Japanese encephalitis & other - India (03): (BI) RFI 20120607.1159903
Japanese encephalitis & other - India (02): (UP) 20120606.1158514
Japanese encephalitis & other - India: (BI) 20120604.1155306
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