Abstract
Malnutrition and infectious diseases are closely interlinked, Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis
 Syndrome has also been associated with malnourishment and or poor immune system of children. The
 present study investigates the nutritional and growth status of children of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, infected
 with JE/AES. For this study 100 patients were selected (58 boys and 42 girls) purposively. The subjects were
 divided into 3 age groups viz, 1-3, 4-7 and 8-10. Their anthropometric characters viz, height and weight
 were measured. The results were compared with WHO standard. From the study, it is clear that a large
 number of JE/AES patients from Gorakhpur UP suffer are severely malnourished. The nutritional status of
 both boys and girls is lower than the WHO standard both in terms of overall bodily development and BMI.
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