Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak, India, 2005

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;12(9):1427-30. doi: 10.3201/eid1209.060200.

Abstract

An outbreak of viral encephalitis occurred in Gorakhpur, India, from July through November 2005. The etiologic agent was confirmed to be Japanese encephalitis virus by analyzing 326 acute-phase clinical specimens for virus-specific antibodies and viral RNA and by virus isolation. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these isolates belonged to genogroup 3.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese* / classification
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese* / genetics
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese* / immunology
  • Encephalitis Virus, Japanese* / isolation & purification
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / epidemiology*
  • Encephalitis, Japanese / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • RNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • RNA, Viral