Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473309917301147
The Lancet Infectious Diseases Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2017, Pages 422-430
30-year trends in admission rates for encephalitis in children in England and effect of improved diagnostics and measles-mumps-rubella vaccination: a population-based observational study
Mildred A Iro,Manish Sadarangani,Raphael Goldacre,Alecia Nickless,Andrew J Pollard,Michael J Goldacre
... [h=3]Interpretation[/h] Hospital admission rates for all-cause childhood encephalitis in England are increasing. Admissions for measles and mumps encephalitis have decreased substantially. The numbers of encephalitis admissions without a specific diagnosis are increasing despite availability of PCR testing, indicating the need for strategies to improve aetiological diagnosis in children with encephalitis.
[h=3]Funding[/h] None.