PRO/AH/EDR> Acute encephalitis syndrome – India (02): (UP)

Encephalitis — India
The Gorakhpur encephalitis (AES) [acute encephalitis syndrome] mystery has been [resolved]. It is scrub typhus, a mite-borne bacterial disease, caused by _Orientia tsutsugamushi_.
An ICMR [Indian Council of Medical Research] sponsored investigation during August-September 2014 identified the etiology. Out of 249 acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) cases investigated, 152 (61 percent) of the cases were attributable to scrub typhus either by IgM ELISA, IFA or PCR. A pathognomonic eschar was