TABLE 1.
Laboratory diagnosis of JE among patients with AES hospitalized at JIPMER and RMMCH between July 2002 and February 2003a
| Sample no. | Patient no. | Serum, MAC ELISA | CSF
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| Cell IFA | MAC ELISA | Toxo-IFA | RT-PCR | |||
| 1 | CDM-4 | − | − | + | − | − |
| 2 | CDM-5 | − | − | − | − | + |
| 3 | CDM-7 | − | − | − | + | + |
| 4 | CDM-9 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 5 | CDM-13 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 6 | CDM-14 | − | − | − | + | − |
| 7 | CDM-15 | − | − | − | + | + |
| 8 | CDM-20 | − | + | − | + | + |
| 9 | PY-1 | − | + | + | + | + |
| 10 | PY-2 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 11 | PY-3 | + | + | + | + | − |
| 12 | PY-4 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 13 | PY-5 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 14 | PY-6 | + | − | + | − | − |
| 15 | PY-8 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 16 | PY-9 | − | − | − | − | − |
| 17 | PY-10 | − | − | − | + | + |
| 18 | PY-12 | + | − | + | − | − |
| 19 | PY-13 | − | + | − | + | + |
a
A total of 19 patients were examined by all five tests. CDM, RMMCH, Chidambaram; PY, JIPMER, Pondicherry; +, diagnosed as JE by the test; −, negative by the test.