Open AccessEmergence or improved detection of Japanese encephalitis virus in the Himalayan highlands?
Author(s) -
Matthew Baylis,
Christopher M. Barker,
Cyril Caminade,
Bhoj Raj Joshi,
Ganesh Raj Pant,
Ajit Rayamajhi,
William K. Reisen,
Daniel Impoinvil
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trw012
Subject(s) - japanese encephalitis , seroprevalence , encephalitis , geography , distribution (mathematics) , virology , ross river virus , public health , viral encephalitis , phylogeography , climate change , virus , epidemiology , abundance (ecology) , biology , ecology , medicine , serology , phylogenetics , immunology , antibody , alphavirus , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , mathematics , nursing , gene
The emergence of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in the Himalayan highlands is of significant veterinary and public health concern and may be related to climate warming and anthropogenic landscape change, or simply improved surveillance. To investigate this phenomenon, a One Health approach focusing on the phylogeography of JEV, the distribution and abundance of the mosquito vectors, and seroprevalence in humans and animal reservoirs would be useful to understand the epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis in highland areas.
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