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Prof. S. HOULE The expanding reach of Japanese encephalitis
 Dr Sherilyn Houle | Temps de lecture : 1 min.
Japanese encephalitis (JE) has largely been regarded as a virus affecting Asia and the western Pacific,  with a seasonal pattern over summer months in temperate areas and rainy season in the tropics and subtropics. However, climate change, novel host species (e.g., ticks, domestic cattle and sheep, pangolins, meerkats), changing bird migration patterns, and other factors appear to be contributing to a more dynamic picture of this virus. Geographic regions impacted may be expanding, with one local human case confirmed in Angola (the first case in Africa) in 2016 and 46 human cases and 7 deaths in Australia from an outbreak spanning 2022-2023.2-3 While the source of infection and its transmission...
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Genotype III-Based Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines Exhibit Diminished Neutralizing Response to Re-emerging Genotype V
Japanese Encephalitis The Journal of infectious diseases 2024; aop: 10.1093/infdis/jiae589 | Reading time: 1 min.
Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been predominantly controlled through vaccination. However, the isolation of JE virus (JEV) genotype V (GV) in China in 2009, and the subsequent alarming increase in JE cases...
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Genetic diversity and Wolbachia infection in the Japanese encephalitis virus vector Culex tritaeniorhynchus in the Republic of Korea
Japanese Encephalitis Parasites & Vectors 2024; 17(1): 518 | Reading time: 6 min.
Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901 is a mosquito species with a global distribution that includes Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe [1, 2] and is a primary vector of Japanese encephalitis virus...
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Japanese encephalitis virus-associated human microglia induce cell death of human microvascular endothelial cells in receptor-independent infection.
Japanese Encephalitis Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2025 ; 15: 1580958 | Reading time: NaN min.
The neurotropic virus Japanese encephalitis virus invades the human central nervous system, inducing neuroinflammation and further disruption of the blood-brain barrier. JEV interacts with various cell...
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Japanese Encephalitis in Asia: A Comprehensive Review.
Japanese Encephalitis Journal of vector borne diseases 2025 Apr | Reading time: NaN min.
Japanese encephalitis (JE) which is caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a significant public health concern in Asia. The JEV is mainly transmitted by Culex mosquitoes breeding in flooded rice...
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