BACKGROUND: Acute febrile encephalopathy (AFE) is a common cause of childhood
hospital admissions in Lucknow. In recent years, many patients have been hospitalized with
AFE and hemorrhagic manifestations, some of whom were proven to have dengue viral
infection. OBJECTIVES: To (i) define the role of dengue encephalopathy (DE) as a cause of
AFE in children in Lucknow,(ii) document features of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in
them and (iii) compare clinical features of definite dengue and non dengue AFE. STUDY …