Some Experiεnces on the Treatment of Japanese Encephalitis

Abstract

It is widely accepted that there is no known specific chemotherapeutic agent against arboxvirusencephalitis. One who is interested in Japanese encephalitis will easily appreciate the fact that, as there are great variations in its pathological changes as to its location, extent of invasion, and accordingly in its pathophysiological aspects, real pathogenesis of encephalitis cannot easily be grasped. We must confess that there has been no systematic research into the biochemical explanation on the pathogenesis of encephalitis to the present day , though it is a very difficult task. At present we cannot but treat the encephalitis cases symptomatically, but the importance of basic knowledge which will be used as a therapeutic guide can not be denied. Our concept and basic knowledge of this disease , however , was lacking in objectivity and was at most conventional up to this day