Girish Kumar Singh|Chirom Amit Singh|Alok Ranjan|Neeraj Agarwal|Sanjay Kumar Pandey|Pragya Kumar|Ghanshyam Setty
Determinants of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, India: A case–control study
All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|Patliputra University|United Nations Children's Fund India
backgroundmuzaffarpur district bihar india witnessed several outbreaks acute encephalitis syndrome past decade reportedly high case fatality children age 15 years study documented mode transmission nature causative agentmethodsa casecontrol study conducted assess risk factors associated aes cases reported two hospitals district selected four controls per case selected randomly questionnaires administered using geographical positioning system gps enabled tabletsresultsthe median age 4 years iqr 365 cases controls casefatality rate 274 per 1000 aes cases logistic regression analysis showed significant association p 005 literacy status occupational status parents travel using public transport mode presence lychee orchard near vicinity households goodnessoffit model using chisquare statistic based hosmerlemeshow test found fit well final model p 0353conclusionsoutbreaks acute encephalitis unknown origin coinciding harvesting season lychee strengthens hypothesis oralfaecal transmission