Protocol for nationwide surveillance of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in a network of tertiary care hospitals in India
Results from this nationwide surveillance will yield crucial data to identify the causes of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) across India, supporting targeted public health interventions that could help reduce the disease burden. Additionally, this protocol serves as a model for a tiered laboratory algorithm for AES surveillance, providing a framework to guide similar initiatives in other regions.
Authors
- Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-2614)
- Lalit Dar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9228-1799)
- Baijayantimala Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2604-6678)
- Mala Chhabra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-9583)
- Sam Joy
- Mahima Mittal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-2647)
- Sayantan Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-4958)
- Vasanthapuram Ravi
- Anoop Velayudhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0084-8995)
- Asim Sarfraz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6256-7649)
- Rahul Dhodapkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8984-3332)
- Manoj Murhekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-7628)
- Bharti Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-1603)
- S Manjusree
- Valsan Philip Verghese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6507-7795)
- R. Sabarinathan
- Amita Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3195-0220)
- Labanya Mukhopadhyay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0721-0161)
- Nivedita Gupta
- Harmanmeet Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2719-6926)
- Ajanta Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4986-0530)
- Bashir A Fomda
- Rakesh Lodha
- Krishnasamy Kaveri
- Pragya Yadav
- Anitha Pm
Institutions
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- SMS Medical College (IN)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (IN)
- King George's Medical University (IN)
- King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
- Government College Kodanchery (IN)
- ICMR-National Institute of Virology (IN)
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10963-x
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research