Open Access‘More than devastating’—patient experiences and neurological sequelae of Japanese encephalitis§
Author(s) -
Lance Turtle,
Ava Easton,
Sylviane Defres,
Mark Ellul,
Begoña Bovill,
Jim Hoyle,
Agam Jung,
Penny Lewthwaite,
Tom Solomon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taz064
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalitis , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , virology , virus
Japanese encephalitis (JE), caused by the mosquito-borne JE virus, is a vaccine-preventable disease endemic to much of Asia. Travellers from non-endemic areas are susceptible if they travel to a JE endemic area. Although the risk to travellers of JE is low, the consequences may be severe.
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