Table 1. Baseline characteristics for all patients with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome eligible for study inclusion.

	All eligible AES patients	Followed up	Not Followed up
No. patients in each group	96	72	24
Confirmed JE	31 (32.9)	22 (30.6)	9 (37.5)
Other AES	65 (67.7)	50 (69.4)	15 (62.5)
Male	58 (60.4)	45 (62.5)	13 (54.2)
Age, years	7.5 (1–14)	9 (1–14)	6 (1–14)*
Discharge GCS‡	15 (3–15)	15 (3–15)	15 (3–15)
Discharge LOS¶	3 (2–5)	3 (2–5)	3 (2–5)

Characteristics presented as number (%) or median (range).

AES, Acute Encephalitis Syndrome; No., number; GCS, modified Glasgow coma scale (score 3–15); LOS, Liverpool Outcome Score (1 [died] – 5 [no impairment]); na, not applicable.

^*Significant difference in the median age among patients Followed and Not Followed up, p = 0.029.

^‡Discharge GCS was not available for 3 patients who were followed up.

^¶Discharge LOS was not available for 25 patients (19 followed up and 6 not).