Encephalitis is a relatively rare condition that causes inflammation of the brain. Initial symptoms usually include high temperature, headache and joint pain but as the infection progresses, more ...

Dr Nigam Prakash Narain highlights how immunisation, surveillance, timely treatment and community participation helped Gaya ...

A virus previously considered to be relatively harmless has been pinpointed by University of Alberta researchers as a cause of encephalitis. The finding identifies a pathogen named pegivirus as the ...

Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have claimed at least 60 lives in Assam since the beginning ...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is so called because it was first reported from Japan and the major complication is encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). JE is the most important form of viral ...

The first outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in India that occurred in the year 1978 claimed the lives of more than 6500 children. Today we find ourself faced with a similar situation with the number ...

Infection with the tick-borne encephalitis virus by tick bite does not always occur, and the risk is estimated at about 2-6%.

Queensland has recorded its first locally acquired human case of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in more than two decades. It has been declared an issue of national significance, prompting ...

NHM Assam has clarified that Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis are distinct conditions and should not be ...

"People have forgotten what life is all about," Robert De Niro's character says in the film "Awakenings" after being revived from the shut-down state he had been in for 30 years. "They've forgotten ...