Dengue Encephalitis - A Diagnostic Dilemma

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Introduction: Dengue is most important arthropod-borne viral disease worldwide, with approximately 390 million infection occurung per year, of which approximately 96 millio cause sign of disease.Dengue virus is single stranded RNA virus belonging to flaviviridae family having four serotypes.Case report: We are thus reporting a case of Dengue fever which presented as encephalitis.Very few cases of dengue encephalitis has been reported worldwide and the literature available on the illness is limited.Conclusion: Dengue is classically thought to be a nonneurotropic virus.Most common dengue serotype causing neurological complication are DEN 2 and DEN 3. Neurological complication are rare in dengue.