Extent of disability among paediatric Japanese encephalitis survivors and predictors of poor outcome: a retrospective cohort study in North India

Authors :: Rajaram Yadav
Neha Srivastava
Hirawati Deval
Mahima Mittal
Avinash Deoshatwar
Vijay P Bondre
Rajni Kant
Source :: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 10 (2022)
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: BMJ Publishing Group, 2022.
Abstract: Objective To determine the Japanese encephalitis (JE)-associated long-term functional and neurological outcomes, the extent of reduced social participation and predictors of poor outcomes among paediatric JE survivors.Design A retrospective cohort study.Setting Laboratory-confirmed JE-positive paediatric cases (

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