Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus encephalitis, which is one of the common encephalitides found in clinical practice in South Asian countries. First outbreak of JE encephalitis was reported from Japan in 1871, followed by a severe epidemic again in 1924. The JE virus (...
Japanese encephalitis (JE) epidemics is one of the greatest threats to pediatric population especially in Southeast Asia caused by RNA flavivirus. JE is a dreadful zoonotic disease caused by JEV transmitted by mosquito vector Culex tritaeniorhynchus and results very high mortality in infants and ...
CANBERRA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Australian state of South Australia has reported its first death from the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Health authorities in the state said on Friday that four new cases of the virus were reported, taking the total number in the state ...
Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus that infects a wide range of vertebrate species in an enzootic cycle primarily of large waterfowl birds and swine. Horses and humans are considered bystanders to this enzootic cycle
CANBERRA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has declared an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) as nationally significant after cases were detected in four states. Sonya Bennett, the acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), on Friday declared JEV a Communicable Disease Incident of...
(redirected fromEncephalitis virus, japanese) Dictionary Medical Japanese encephalitis [¦jap·ə¦nēz in‚sef·ə′līd·əs] (medicine) A human viral infection epidemic in Japan, transmitted by the common house mosquito (Culex pipiens) and characterized by severe inflammation of the brain...
Japanese encephalitis virusis the main cause of encephalitis in many Asian countries. Transmission is difficult to halt, given the virus exists in a transmission cycle between mosquitoes, pigs, and/oraquatic birds. Humans become infected incidentally when bitten by an infected mosquito and the disease...
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Japanese encephalitis is widespread in Asia and endemic in Taiwan. Virological surveillance in mosquitoes showed that the genotype III (GIII) strains of JEV were the predominant epidemic...
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)NS1′Type I interferon (IFN-I)Immune evasionJapanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne virus and the major cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. NS1′, a 52-amino acid C-terminal extension of NS1, is generated with a -1 programmed ribosomal ...
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) belongs to arthropod-borne virus family, which are infectious agents transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods. They multiply in the tissues of the arthropod without evidence of disease or damage. The principal vector is Culex mosquito, most important being C. tritaeno...