Key result
Recent advances clarify influenza-associated pathogenesis and treatment among Japan's ~1,000 annual infantile viral encephalitis cases.
Why the study?
There is no available information regarding the causative agent, prognosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of infantile viral encephalitis and encephalopathy in Japan except for HSV and influenza encephalopathy.
Population
Approximately one thousand annual cases of infantile viral encephalitis and encephalopathy in Japan
Design
Review of recent advances from two research programs supported by MEXT and MHLW
Authors
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Japanese research advances extend influenza encephalopathy insights; leaves open etiology, prognosis, and management for other infantile viral cases.
This review summarizes recent advances from Japanese research programs on influenza and other encephalopathies in infants.
Tsuneo Morishima (2009) conducted a review in Infantile viral encephalitis and encephalopathy. There are approximately 1,000 annual cases of infantile viral encephalitis and encephalopathy in Japan, with recent advances clarifying the pathogenesis and treatment of influenza-associated cases.
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