Japanese Encephalitis virus News
Japanese encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and belongs to the same genus as dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses.
169 cases of Japanese Encephalitis have been reported in Assam this month.
16 new cases of JE were recorded on Friday.
Three more persons died of Japanese Encephalitis virus on Wednesday in Odisha's Malkangiri district, taking the death toll to 48.
Three more persons died of Japanese Encephalitis virus on Wednesday in Odisha`s Malkangiri district, taking the death toll to 48.
Currently, the vector-borne disease has claimed lives of 27 children in Odisha's Malkangiri district.
The incubation period of JEV (time from infection until illness) is typically 5-15 days, but 1 in 250 infections develop into encephalitis.
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