The Emergence of Japanese Encephalitis in Australia and the Implications for a Vaccination Strategy
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. Until 2022, only six locally transmitted human JE cases had been reported in Australia; five in northern Queensland and one in the Northern Territory. Thus, JE was mainly considered to be a disease of travellers. On 4 Mar...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-05-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/7/6/85 |