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PRO/AH/EDR> Acute toxic encephalopathy – India: (BR) lychee fruit, 2014
Encephalitis -- IndiaSummary-------BackgroundOutbreaks of unexplained illness frequently remain under-investigated. In India, outbreaks of an acute neurological illness with high mortality among children occur annually in Muzaffarpur [Bihar], the country's largest litchi [lychee] cultivation region. In 2014, we aimed to investigate the cause and risk factors for this illness.MethodsIn this hospital-based surveillance and nested age-matched case-control study, we did laboratory investigations to assess Read more [...]
