By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Japanese encephalitis In a follow-up on the Japanese encephalitis (JE) situation in Taiwan, The Department of Disease Control announced five new confirmed JE cases...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, a mosquitoborne flavivirus, is the most common vaccine-preventable cause of encephalitis in Asia. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on an earlier report, Dagupan City health officials report vaccinating some 4,325 children and adults with Japanese encephalitis vaccine from April 29 to May 31...

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in northern Luzon, Philippines saw 24 laboratory-confirmed Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases in 2018 after reporting 36 the three prior years combined. This...

Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, 68,000 cases of JE occur annually, with 3 billion people living in 24 South-East Asian and Western Pacific regions at risk for transmission of the...

There has been a heightened awareness of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the Philippines recently prompting an increased health seeking behavior such as in Pampanga, a province north of Manila where 32...

In an interview from the radio show in March 2015, I spoke to pediatric infectious disease specialist and research associate professor at the University of the Philippines in Manila, Dr Anna Lena Lopez...

Taiwanese health officials this year’s first case of Japanese encephalitis confirmed in Pingtung County. The case is a 53-year-old female housewife. According to the epidemiological investigation,...