Estimating the burden of Japanese encephalitis virus and other encephalitides in countries of the mekong region.

• Main Authors: Arnaud Tarantola (Author), Flavie Goutard (Author), Paul Newton (Author), Xavier de Lamballerie (Author), Olivier Lortholary (Author), Julien Cappelle (Author), Philippe Buchy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diverse aetiologies of viral and bacterial encephalitis are widely recognized as significant yet neglected public health issues in the Mekong region. A robust analysis of the corresponding health burden is lacking. We retrieved 75 articles on encephalitis in the region published in English or in Fre...