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A cohort study to assess the new WHO Japanese encephalitis surveillance standards

  • 01/03/2008
  • WHO

The objective of this study was to assess the field-test version of the new WHO Japanese encephalitis (JE) surveillance standards. The researchers applied the clinical case definition of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), laboratory diagnostic criteria and case classifications to patients with suspected central nervous system (CNS) infections in southern Viet Nam. March 2008