Table 1. AES classification on admission for 380 patients, according to JEV status.
| AES classification | Children |
Adults |
Total (N = 380) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEV positive (N = 54) | JEV negative (N = 62) | JEV unknown (N = 33) | All (N = 149) | JEV positive (N = 9) | JEV negative (N = 171) | JEV unknown (N = 51) | All (N = 231) | ||||
| Change in mental status, new-onset seizures or botha | 35 | 38 | 23 | 96 | 9 | 145 | 46 | 200 | 296 | ||
| Change in mental status onlya | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 7 | 101 | 26 | 134 | 172 | ||
| New onset seizures only | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Both change in mental status and seizures | 20 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 64 | 106 | ||
| Neither change in mental status nor seizures | 19 | 24 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 84 | ||
AES, acute encephalitis syndrome; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus. a Acute encephalitis syndrome is defined as an acute febrile illness with change in mental status, new-onset seizures or both.