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ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2020

Hospital-based surveillance for Japanese encephalitis in Bangladesh, 2007-2016: Implications for introduction of immunization.

Kishor Kumar Paul, Hossain M S Sazzad, Mahmudur Rahman, Sharmin Sultana, M Jahangir Hossain, Jeremy P Ledermann, Paul Burns, Michael S Friedman, Meerjady S Flora, Marc Fischer and 3 more

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Article in International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Kishor Kumar PaulInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh; The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: Kpaul@kirby.unsw.edu.au.
Hossain M S SazzadInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh; The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Mahmudur RahmanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sharmin SultanaInstitute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M Jahangir HossainInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, Gambia.
Jeremy P LedermannArboviral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Paul BurnsArboviral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Michael S FriedmanCDC, Country Office for Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Meerjady S FloraInstitute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Marc FischerArboviral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Susan HillsArboviral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Stephen P LubyStanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Emily S GurleyJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDInstitute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research · BDJohns Hopkins University · USMRC Unit the Gambia · GMStanford University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundJapanese encephalitis (JE) virus is recognized as a major cause of encephalitis in Bangladesh. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends human immunization as the most effective means to control JE. Several WHO-prequalified vaccines are available to prevent JE but no vaccination program has been implemented in Bangladesh.

methodsWe conducted hospital-based surveillance for acute meningitis-encephalitis syndrome (AMES) to describe JE epidemiology and help inform policy decisions about possible immunization strategies for Bangladesh.

resultsDuring 2007-2016, a total of 6543 AMES patients were identified at four tertiary hospitals. Of the 6525 patients tested, 548 (8%) were classified as JE cases. These 548 patients resided in 36 (56%) out of 64 districts of Bangladesh, with the highest proportion of JE cases among AMES patients (12% and 7%) presenting at two hospitals in the northwestern part of the country. The median age of JE cases was 30 years, and 193 (35%) were aged ≤15 years. The majority of JE cases (80%) were identified from July through November.

conclusionsSurveillance results suggest that JE continues to be an important cause of meningo-encephalitis in Bangladesh. Immunization strategies including JE vaccine introduction into the routine childhood immunization program or mass vaccination in certain age groups or geographic areas need to be examined, taking into consideration the cost-effectiveness ratio of the approach and potential for decreasing disease burden.

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Acute Febrile EncephalopathyAdolescentAdultAgedBangladeshChildChild, PreschoolCost-Benefit AnalysisCost of IllnessEncephalitis, JapaneseEpidemiological MonitoringFemaleHumansJapanese Encephalitis VaccinesMaleMass VaccinationJapanese Encephalitis VaccinesCauses of encephalitisHospital-based surveillanceJapanese encephalitisVaccinationVaccine-preventable disease

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