Viral etiologies of encephalitis in Thai children

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Feb;20(2):216-8. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200102000-00020.

Abstract

A prospective study of childhood encephalitis was performed in Bangkok from 1996 through 1998. The viral agents identifiable in 26 (65%) of 40 children were dengue virus (8), Japanese encephalitis (6), herpes simplex virus (4), human herpes virus type 6 (3), mumps (2), enterovirus (1), varicella-zoster virus (VZV) (1) and rabies (1).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use*
  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalitis, Viral / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis, Viral / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis, Viral / virology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prospective Studies
  • Seasons
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Acyclovir