Rajesh Kumar1, Pankaj Kumar2, Manoj Kumar Singh1, Dipti Agarwal1, Bendangienla Jamir1, Shashi Khare3, Samrendra Narayan4. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. drpankaj_peds@hotmail.com. 3. Department of Microbiology, National Center for Diseases Control, New Delhi, India. 4. Department of Radiology, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the etiology and clinico-epidemiological profile of acute viral encephalitis in children with acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). METHODS: An observational study including 100 patients fulfilling the criteria for AES was conducted in children of age group 1 mo - 16 y. Viral isolation was done on RD cells, HEp-2 cells and Vero cells from the cerebrospinal fluid samples of suspected viral encephalitis (VE) cases. An enzyme immunoassay for IgM antibodies was performed for measles, mumps, Varicella zoster virus (VZV), Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was done for Cytomegalovirus, Epstein Barr virus (EBV), HSV1 & 2, VZV, Enterovirus, Parecho virus, Human Herpes virus (HHV 6, 7) and Parvovirus B19. A micro neutralization test was performed for Enterovirus 71. RESULTS: Out of enrolled 100 patients, 73 were of probable viral encephalitis. HSV1 (31.50%) was the commonest virus followed by Adenovirus (10.95%), Parvovirus (2.73%), JE virus (1.36%), Enterovirus (1.36%), EBV (1.36%), and mixed infection with HSV & EBV (1.36%). HSV 1 caused significant morbidity in children. The common computed tomography (CT) findings were hypodensities in the fronto- parietal lobe followed by cerebral edema. CONCLUSIONS: The landscape of AES in India has changed in the previous decade, and both outbreak investigations and surveillance studies have increasingly reported non-JEV etiologies; because of these findings there is a need to explore additional strategies to prevent AES beyond vector control and JEV vaccination.
OBJECTIVE: To study the etiology and clinico-epidemiological profile of acute viral encephalitis in children with acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). METHODS: An observational study including 100 patients fulfilling the criteria for AES was conducted in children of age group 1 mo - 16 y. Viral isolation was done on RD cells, HEp-2 cells and Vero cells from the cerebrospinal fluid samples of suspected viral encephalitis (VE) cases. An enzyme immunoassay for IgM antibodies was performed for measles, mumps, Varicella zoster virus (VZV), Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was done for Cytomegalovirus, Epstein Barr virus (EBV), HSV1 & 2, VZV, Enterovirus, Parecho virus, Human Herpes virus (HHV 6, 7) and Parvovirus B19. A micro neutralization test was performed for Enterovirus 71. RESULTS: Out of enrolled 100 patients, 73 were of probable viral encephalitis. HSV1 (31.50%) was the commonest virus followed by Adenovirus (10.95%), Parvovirus (2.73%), JE virus (1.36%), Enterovirus (1.36%), EBV (1.36%), and mixed infection with HSV & EBV (1.36%). HSV 1 caused significant morbidity in children. The common computed tomography (CT) findings were hypodensities in the fronto- parietal lobe followed by cerebral edema. CONCLUSIONS: The landscape of AES in India has changed in the previous decade, and both outbreak investigations and surveillance studies have increasingly reported non-JEV etiologies; because of these findings there is a need to explore additional strategies to prevent AES beyond vector control and JEV vaccination.
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