Title: Epidemiological Study of 65 Cases of Encephalitis B in Meizhou City
Abstract:Objective To analyze the epidemic feature of epidemic B in Meizhou city in 2003 and to
evaluate the prevention and cure of epidemic B. Method Epidemiology inquisition on site, laboratory
examina...Objective To analyze the epidemic feature of epidemic B in Meizhou city in 2003 and to
evaluate the prevention and cure of epidemic B. Method Epidemiology inquisition on site, laboratory
examination, and vaccination were performed. Results 65 cases of outbreak of epidemic B occurreed around
Wuhua area from May 27 to July 1 in 2003. 57 cases were found in June, the peak of this outbreak, which was 87.69% of total
cases. The age of the patients in 44 cases were between 8 months and 13 years old, which was 67.69% of the total. 45 cases
(69.23% of total) were found in Wuhua county, where the most cases were found. This disease is easy to be diagnosed as
virus encephalitis by the clinical symptoms like hyperpyrexia, deep sleep, obfuscation, twitch, cone-hurted and increased in
white blood cells. The diagnostic rate for anti-viral after one week of infection was 69.57%, which was higher than that
(35.14%) within a week of infection. Conclusions The peak of outbreak of epidemic B in Meizhou area was in
June. When suspect outbreak of virus encephalitis occurs in the peak season or endemic areas, specific IgM should be
tested after one week of infection. Epidemic B can be controlled within 10 to 15 days by vaccination.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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