Thursday, 2 February 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Acute toxic encephalopathy - India: (BR) lychee fruit, 2014

Encephalitis -- India
Summary
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Background
Outbreaks of unexplained illness frequently remain under-investigated. In India, outbreaks of an acute neurological illness with high mortality among children occur annually in Muzaffarpur [Bihar], the country's largest litchi [lychee] cultivation region. In 2014, we aimed to investigate the cause and risk factors for this illness.
Methods
In this hospital-based surveillance and nested age-matched case-control study, we did laboratory investigations to assess

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