Japanese Encephalitis

Japanese Encephalitis - Vads Corner

Last Updated 4 July 2014

Updates- When available

• Information on New Hendra Like Virus (Nipah Virus) and other Paramyxoviridae group of viruses
• Japanese Encephalitis article in Berita MMA (Vol.29 No.1, January 1999 issue) by Prof. Lam Sai Kit, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research (DF/DHF), Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Frequently Asked Questions on Japanese Encephalitis Outbreaks - Prof. Lam Sai Kit.
• WHO
  • Disease outbreaks reported
    • Epidemic Encephalitis in Malaysia (26 March 1999)
    • Japanese Encephalitis and Hendra-like Virus in Malaysia (22 March 1999)
• ProMED-mail electronic conference; Query Japanese Encephalitis
• ASEAN-Disease-Surveillance.net
• Information on West Nile Virus, West Nile Like Virus(New York isolate) and Kunjin Virus

Japanese Encephalitis Related Information

• CDC
  • CDC Travel Information - Japanese Encephalitis Information for Travelers
  • Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
    • Japanese encephalitis
      • Question and Answers About Japanese Encephalitis
      • Q and A on Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination
      • Map Showing Distribution of Japanese Encephalitis in Asia
      • Transmission
• Inactivated Japanese Encephalitis Virus Vaccine Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

• National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

• Japanese Encephalitis article in Berita MMA (Vol.29 No.1, January 1999) issue by Prof. Lam Sai Kit, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research (DF/DHF), Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines by Theodore F. Tsai, MJ.D., M.P.H., Arbovirus Diseases Branch, CDC, Fort Collins, Colorado, NCID; Publication date: 01/01/1990

• MMWR Home Page

• The Medical Journal of Australia - An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in the Torres Strait, Australia, 1995.Jeffrey N Hanna et al. MJA 1996; 165: 256-26

• The Big Picture Book of viruses-Flavivirus
• Japanese Encephalitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• ICTV Directory- Toxonomy of viruses - Japanese encephalitis group
• NHS UK - Japanese Encephalitis
• Public health Agency Canada - JE Vaccine

Conferences and Seminars

• Regional Conference on Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Control of Japanese Encephalitis in Ipoh, Perak on 24 February 1999.

News Online

The Star Online Malaysia.

Star's JE Homepage (Down)

New Straits Times Interactive, Malaysia

Killer virus named after Kampung Baru Sungai Nipah (11 April 1999; New Sunday Times)

BBC - World - Asia-Pacific - Health

Virus kills 40 in Malaysia (13 March 1999)

CNN - CNN World News - Asia-Pacific - CNN Health

Fresh deaths as Malaysia battles deadly pig virus (12 March 1999)

Related Articles

• Diagnosis and Management Of Viral Encephalitis by James F. Bale, Jr., MD, Alan R. Seay, MD; Infect Med 15(8):547-548,550-556, 1998.(Down)
• eMedicine - Japanese Encephalitis - Article by Alexander J Kallen, MD
• eMJA- Japanese encephalitis vaccine- is it being sufficiently used ...
• Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases - A Strategy for the 21st Century (html); for pdf format
• Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease Threats - A Prevention Strategy for the United States from the CDC
• Emerging Viral Diseases: An Australian Perspective - Vol 5 No 1 January-March 1999

• Globalization, International Law, and Emerging Infectious Diseases by David P. Fidler, J.D. Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 2 .Number 2 April-June 1996.

• Emerging Infectious Diseases a peer reviewed journal- Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Health Problem
• Japanese encephalitis virus (strain JaOArS982), complete genome.

MEDLINE abstracts (NLM PubMed).

Source: National Center For National Biotechnology Information(NCBI). When you read the MEDLINE (NLM PubMed) abstract click on Links: Related Articles.

• Search Japanese Encephalitis

Virology sites

• ALL the Virology on the WWW - The reference site for virology information.
• Viruses - From Structure to Biology
• Institute of Animal Health-UK
• Molecular Virology

Communicable Disease Control, Surveillance and Other Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Needs no introduction.
• CDC MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
• World Health Organisation (WHO).
• Emerging Infectious Diseases a peer reviewed journal.
• Infectious Diseases in Children - Journal.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Resource Links - CDC.
• Health:Diseases and Conditions:Infectious Diseases - This site is indexed in Yahoo.

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First up in 7 January 1999.

Last updated on 4 July 2014