Remarks on cases with acute brain syndrome admitted to Ninh Binh hospital, during 1993-1999.
- Author:
Xuan Quang Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acute brain syndrome
- MeSH:
Epidemiology;
Brain Diseases;
syndrome
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2002;12(4):72-75
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
396 patients with acute brain syndrome were admitted in Ninh Binh hospital during 1993-1999. 39 cases died (9.9%). The morbidity/mortality was the highest in 1996 (116/15). The patients were mainly children under 14 years old, and were admitted commonly in May and June. Within 125 samples of serum were tested, the positive rate with virus of Japanese encephalitis was 62.5%.
