Article
Isolation and Genetic Characterization of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Two Decades after Its Elimination in Singapore.
Viruses - 28 Nov 2022
Lim Ming Jie, Loh Zhi Yang, Yeo Hui Ling, Yenamandra Surya Pavan, Kong Marcella, Pang Hao Yang, Lee Meng Han, Humaidi Mahathir, Chua Cliff, Griffiths Jane, Ng Lee Ching, Hapuarachchi Hapuarachchige Chanditha, Mailepessov Diyar
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is an important arbovirus in Asia that can cause serious neurological disease. JEV is transmitted by mosquitoes in an enzootic cycle involving porcine and avian reservoirs, in which humans are accidental, dead-end hosts. JEV is currently not endemic in Singapore, after pig farming was abolished in 1992; the last known human case was reported in 2005. However, due to its location...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
