Diagnostic markers of acute encephalitis syndrome and COVID‐associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children from Southern India

T Damodar, C Dunai, N Prabhu, M Jose… - Journal of medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in children poses a significant public health challenge in
India. This study aims to explore the utility of host inflammatory mediators and neurofilament …

Acute encephalitis syndrome in children and adolescents: A five-year descriptive study from south India

B Rebecca, M Thomas, AM Abraham, S Yoganathan… - Indian Pediatrics, 2024 - Springer
Objective Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in children results in significant neurocognitive
deficits or mortality. It is pertinent to study the AES patterns periodically to identify the …

[PDF][PDF] Unravelling the enigma of scrub typhus: a critical review and insights into epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic advances, and emerging trends

MS Tarale, AB Sajjanar - Cureus, 2024 - cureus.com
Scrub typhus (ST) is caused by the bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi, which exhibits
significant antigenic diversity and is prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. Its clinical …

Central nervous system infections in the tropics

B Singh, P Rupali - Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2024 - journals.lww.com
A syndromic and epidemiological approach to CNS infections in the tropics is essential to
plan appropriate diagnostic tests and management. Rapid diagnostic tests facilitate early …

Microbiological Investigations for Chikungunya Virus in Children With Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in a Non‐Outbreak Setting in Southern India

T Damodar, C Pattabiraman, B Singh… - Journal of Medical …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging cause of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in
India, with limited data on its role in childhood AES in southern India. We systematically …

[HTML][HTML] Post-infective rhombencephalitis with bilateral olivary hypertrophic degeneration

AK Datta, A Mukherjee, A Biswas - Annals of Indian Academy of …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is endemic in various parts of South Asia,
including numerous cases reported from various parts of India.[1, 2] Pathologically, it is …

Construction and validation of a predictive model for meningoencephalitis in pediatric scrub typhus based on machine learning algorithms

Y Luo, W Ding, X Yang, H Bai, F Jiao… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To retrospectively analyze the clinical characteristics of pediatric scrub typhus
(ST) with meningoencephalitis (STME) and to construct and validate predictive models using …

Scrub typhus update: A re‑emerging global threat beyond the Tsutsugamushi Triangle and the physiological ramifications of scrub typhus infection

A Vashishtha, V Kumar, G Panwar… - World Academy of …, 2025 - spandidos-publications.com
Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a mite‑borne zoonotic disease endemic
to Asia and the Pacific. The prevalence of Orientia tsutsugamushi, originating from the …

Diagnostic Markers of Severe COVID‐19 and Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in Children From Southern India

T Damodar, L Lodha, S Suran, N Prabhu… - Microbiology and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT COVID‐19 severely impacts children in India, with many develo** severe
pneumonia or multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS‐C). Concurrently, non‐COVID‐19 …

[HTML][HTML] The India brain infections guidelines project: Global evidence for local application

P Rupali, B Singh, NG Princy, JS John, R Kuehn… - … and Global Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Brain infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. India
lacks systematically evidence-informed guidelines for brain infections. Methods We had set …