Acute Encephalitis Syndrome is a severe case of encephalitis characterized by inflammation of the brain causing high fever among children.

According to him, three children have been admitted in the hospital with AES symptoms.
The AES is a severe case of encephalitis characterized by inflammation of the brain. Mosquitoes transmit the infection causing high fever among children.
"Every year, encephalitis hits Muzaffarpur and other neighboring districts in May or June. But this year it seems to have hit a little early," a health department official here said.
In the last few years, hundreds of children have died due to this disease, mainly in Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts.
Source-IANS