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Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an infection of the brain caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). [3] While most infections result in little or no symptoms, occasional inflammation of the brain occurs. [3] In these cases, symptoms may include headache, vomiting, fever, confusion and seizures. [1] This occurs about 5 to 15 days after ...
Japanese encephalitis vaccine is a vaccine that protects against Japanese encephalitis. [2] The vaccines are more than 90% effective. [2] The duration of protection with the vaccine is not clear but its effectiveness appears to decrease over time. [2] Doses are given either by injection into a muscle or just under the skin. [2]
Genus Flavivirus, renamed Orthoflavivirus in 2023, (includes Dengue virus, Japanese encephalitis, Kyasanur Forest disease, Powassan virus, West Nile virus, Yellow fever virus, and Zika virus) Genus Hepacivirus (includes Hepacivirus C (hepatitis C virus) and Hepacivirus B (GB virus B))
Jansky–Bielschowsky disease; Japanese encephalitis; Jarcho–Levin syndrome; Jejunal atresia; Jensen syndrome; Jequier–Kozlowski skeletal dysplasia; Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome; Jeune syndrome situs inversus; Jeune syndrome; Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
Encephalitis with meningitis is known as meningoencephalitis, while encephalitis with involvement of the spinal cord is known as encephalomyelitis. [ 2 ] The word is from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος , enképhalos 'brain', [ 37 ] composed of ἐν , en , 'in' and κεφαλή , kephalé , 'head', and the medical suffix -itis 'inflammation'.
Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, [2] filariasis, tularemia, dirofilariasis, Japanese encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, [3] Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Ross River fever, Barmah Forest fever, La Crosse ...
Usutu virus (USUV) is a flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis complex, which is an emerging zoonotic arbovirus of concern because of its pathogenicity to humans and its similarity in ecology with other emerging arboviruses such as West Nile virus. [1] It mainly infects Culex mosquitoes and birds; humans form a dead-end host.
At first, the Malaysian health authorities thought that Japanese encephalitis (JE) was the cause of the infection. This misunderstanding hampered the deployment of effective measures to prevent the spread, before the disease was identified by a local virologist from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya as a newly discovered agent.