At least two people died and 11 others have been infected with the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus that has spread in nine ...

If your child is suffering from encephalitis, it must be treated ASAP. Viral encephalitis is often treated with antiviral ...

Australia is dealing with its first-ever major Japanese Encephalitis outbreak. Japanese Encephalitis is the most severe form of disease caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The disease is ...

During outbreaks of Japanese encephalitis virus in Torres Strait during the 1990s, the virus even spread to the Cape York Peninsula. But the virus didn’t take hold and the last definitive ...

Japanese encephalitis virus can cause production problems on pig farms, but more alarmingly it can lead to serious neurological symptoms in humans that are sometimes permanent or fatal.

- The Japanese Encephalitis virus is usually carried by waterfowl and amplified in pigs. Humans typically become infected when bitten by mosquitoes (Culex species) that carry the virus.

Given the state of Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia, it would be wise to begin surveillance in North America and elsewhere. Japanese encephalitis was described for the first time in 1871 ...

The Japanese encephalitis virus has previously been detected in a handful of people in Australia’s Torres Strait Islands, north of the mainland. The ongoing outbreak is a first for mainland ...

On the subject of deadly diseases, let us not overlook Japanese Encephalitis (JE). A cousin of West Nile virus, this is one to look out for. Whereas West Nile virus kills about 1% of the people ...

Social media users are baselessly linking an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus among people in southern Australia to COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting the virus is a side effect of the shots ...

Quick look Researchers at Iowa State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have developed a diagnostic test for swine to detect Japanese encephalitis virus, a mosquito-borne disease common in ...

As Australia’s climate changes, a tropical disease advances An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis has infected 34 people and killed three April 14, 2022 6 min ...