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The first report on human cases serologically diagnosed as Japanese encephalitis in Indonesia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10928363     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Although Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus was isolated from mosquitos in 1974, human JE cases have never been reported in Indonesia in spite of the prevalence of anti-JE antibodies among human and pig populations as well as abundant JE vector mosquitos. In this report, we describe serological diagnosis of JE cases in Bali. Indonesia. using IgM-capture ELISA both on serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the patients. In the first series of our investigation (Series 1), we examined serum specimens from 12 patients with clinical diagnosis of viral encephalitis, meningitis or dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), and found 2 possible JE cases. In the next series (Series 2), we examined both serum and CSF from encephalitis patients and gave laboratory diagnosis of JE. One of them was suspected to have concomitant or recent infection with dengue virus, probably type 3. These results strongly indicated that JE has been prevalent in Bali, Indonesia.
Authors:
M Yoshida; A Igarashi; P Suwendra; K Inada; M S Maha; K Kari; H Suda; M T Antonio; B N Arhana; Y Takikawa; S Maesawa; H Yoshida; M Chiba
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health     Volume:  30     ISSN:  0125-1562     ISO Abbreviation:  Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health     Publication Date:  1999 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-08-15     Completed Date:  2000-08-15     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0266303     Medline TA:  Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health     Country:  THAILAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  698-706     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Iwate Life Science Institute, Morioka City, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child, Preschool
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Outbreaks*
Encephalitis, Japanese / diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Encephalitis, Viral / diagnosis
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulin M / blood,  cerebrospinal fluid
Indonesia / epidemiology
Infant
Male
Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Immunoglobulin M

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