{"id":85494,"date":"2020-04-01T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T06:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14660"},"modified":"2020-04-01T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T06:40:37","slug":"acute-encephalitis-syndromeaes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/acute-encephalitis-syndromeaes\/","title":{"rendered":"Acute Encephalitis Syndrome(AES)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Amid coronavirus outbreak, Acute Encephalitis Syndrome(AES) returns in Bihar.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Acute Encephalitis Syndrome(AES) also known as \u2018Chamki Fever\u2019 or Litchi Virus is an umbrella term used for infections that causes inflammation irritation or swelling on the brain.<\/li><li><strong>Cause: <\/strong>Viruses, bacteria, fungi and a range of agents.However, Japanese encephalitis(JE) virus is the most common cause of AES in India<\/li><li><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong> Acute onset of fever, change in mental status (mental confusion, disorientation, delirium, or coma) and new-onset of seizures.<\/li><li><strong>Vulnerable:<\/strong>The disease most commonly affects children below the age of 15 years due to high malnourishment.<\/li><li><strong>Diagnosis:<\/strong>The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme in India has set up country wide surveillance for AES through sentinel sites with a focus on detecting Japanese encephalitis(JEV).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Japanese Encephalitis(JE):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and belongs to the same genus as dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses.<\/li><li>There is no cure for the disease.The treatment is focused on relieving severe clinical signs and supporting the patient to overcome the infection.However, vaccines are available to prevent the JE.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Amid coronavirus outbreak, Acute Encephalitis Syndrome(AES) returns in Bihar. Facts: Acute Encephalitis Syndrome(AES) also known as \u2018Chamki Fever\u2019 or Litchi Virus is an umbrella term used for infections that causes inflammation irritation or swelling on the brain. Cause: Viruses, bacteria, fungi and a range of agents.However, Japanese encephalitis(JE) virus is the most common cause of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/acute-encephalitis-syndromeaes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Acute Encephalitis Syndrome(AES)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2852],"class_list":["post-85494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-acute-encephalitis-syndrome","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704418128},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}