A Centralized Report on Pediatric Japanese Encephalitis Cases from Beijing Children＇s Hospital, 2013

Fifteen pediatric cases of suspected Japanese encephalitis （JE） were reported in Beijing Children＇s Hospital during the late summer of 2013. The clinical manifestations in most cases included high fever, seizures, and abnormal magnetic resonance imaging findings. Twelve of 15 cases were laboratory-c...

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Published in:生物医学与环境科学：英文版 2016, Vol.29 (12), p.902-908
Main Author: LI Jiu Wei GAO Xiao Yan WU Yun FU Shi Hong TAN Xiao Juan CAO Yu Xi ZHANG Wei Hua YIN Zun Dongs HE Ying LI Yi Xing LIANG Guo Dong XU Wen Bo FANG Fang WANG Huan Yu
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Summary:Fifteen pediatric cases of suspected Japanese encephalitis （JE） were reported in Beijing Children＇s Hospital during the late summer of 2013. The clinical manifestations in most cases included high fever, seizures, and abnormal magnetic resonance imaging findings. Twelve of 15 cases were laboratory-confirmed as JE cases by pathogen identification. Epidemiological investigations showed that five of the 12 laboratory-confirmed patients had an incomplete JE vaccination history. Follow-up investigations after discharge indicated that seven laboratory-confirmed JE patients without JE vaccinations had relatively poor prognoses, with an average Modified Rankin Scale （MRS） score of 2.6 when compared with the other five laboratory-confirmed, JE-vaccinated patients with an average MRS score of 0.5. The observation of pediatric JE cases among those with a history of JE vaccination warrants further attention.
ISSN:0895-3988
2214-0190