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Table 4. A comparison of cases and deaths attributed to viral encephalitis with a specific diagnosis identified through hospital episode statistics, the laboratory reporting system, and the Office of National Statistics, England^a.

Diagnosis	Cases			Deaths
Diagnosis	HES^b	Laboratory reports^b	Estimate of underreporting in laboratory reports (%)	HES^c	ONS^c	Estimate of underreporting in laboratory reports (%)
Herpes	1,308	353	73	85	104	22
VZV	325	124	62	24	34	42
Measles	71	43	39	0	1	0
Mumps	18	13	28	2	0	100
Rubella	23	1	96	0	0	0
LCMV	7	0	100	0	0	0
Adenoviruses	115	24	79	1	0	100
Total	1,867	558	70	112	139	24

^aHES, hospital episode statistics; Herpes, herpes simplex virus; VZV, varicella-zoster virus 1; LCMV, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.

^bJanuary 1, 1990–March 31, 1998.

^cJanuary 1, 1993–March 31, 1998.

Table 4. A comparison of cases and deaths attributed to viral encephalitis with a specific diagnosis identified through hospital episode statistics, the laboratory reporting system, and the Office of National Statistics, Englanda.