Japanese encephalitis
| Subclass of | horse disease, infectious disease with epilepsy, flavivirus infectious disease  |
|---|---|
| Has cause | Japanese encephalitis virus |
| Health specialty | infectious diseases |
| Possible treatment | supportive care, diuretic, nootropic, antioxidant |
| Drug or therapy used for treatment | furosemide, torasemide, neostigmine, piracetam, D-(-)-mannitol |
| Disease transmission process | mosquito borne transmission |
| ICD-9-CM | 062.0 |
Japanese encephalitis (JE) be an infection of de brain wey de Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) cause.[1] While chaw infections dey result in little anaa no symptoms, occasional inflammation of de brain occur.[1] Insyd dese cases, symptoms fi include headache, vomiting, fever, confusion den seizures.[2] Dis dey occur about 5 to 15 days after infection.[2]
JEV generally be spread by mosquitoes, specifically those of de Culex type.[3] Pigs den wild birds dey serve as a reservoir give de virus.[3] De disease dey occur mostly outsyd of cities.[3] Diagnosis be based on blood anaa cerebrospinal fluid testing.[3]
Prevention generally be achieved plus de Japanese encephalitis vaccine, wich both be safe den effective.[3] Oda measures dey include avoiding mosquito bites.[3] Once infected, der be no specific treatment, plus care being supportive.[2] Dis generally be carried out insyd a hospital.[2] Permanent problems dey occur insyd up to half of people wey recover from JE.[3]
De disease primarily dey occur insyd East den Southeast Asia as well as de Western Pacific.[4] About 3 billion people dey live insyd areas wer de disease dey occur.[4] About 68,000 symptomatic cases dey occur a year, plus about 17,000 deaths.[4] Often, cases dey occur in outbreaks.[4] Na dem first describe de disease insyd Japan insyd 1871.[4][5]
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 "Japanese Encephalitis". CDC (in American English). August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Symptoms and Treatment". CDC (in American English). August 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Japanese encephalitis". World Health Organization. December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Japanese encephalitis". World Health Organization. December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ "Japanese encephalitis - Causes". 6 February 2019.
External links
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- "Questions and Answers About Japanese Encephalitis". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 8 February 2019.
- "Japanese Encephalitis". Australian government Department of Health and Aging. 2012.
- Ramsay, Mary, ed. (2020). "20. Japanese encephalitis". Immunisation against infectious disease. Green Book. Public Health England.
- "Japanese encephalitis resource library".
- Heffelfinger JD, Li X, Batmunkh N, Grabovac V, Diorditsa S, Liyanage JB, Pattamadilok S, Bahl S, Vannice KS, Hyde TB, Chu SY, Fox KK, Hills SL, Marfin AA (9 June 2017). "Japanese Encephalitis Surveillance and Immunization — Asia and Western Pacific Regions, 2016". MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66 (22): 579–583. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6622a3. PMC 5720240. PMID 28594790. Erratum in: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 Jun 23;66(24):653.
- Simon, LV; Kruse, B (January 2018). "Japanese Encephalitis". Encephalitis, Japanese. FL: StatPearls Publishing. PMID 29262148. NBK470423.