Japanese Encephalitis
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Japanese Encephalitis Transmission
Facts about Japanese
encephalitis
:
Birds are the primary source of Japanese
encephalitis
.
The virus is transmitted to pigs and humans by mosquitoes.
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Japanese Encephalitis Anatomy
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Debiasi RL, Tyler KL. Molecular methods for diagnosis of viral encephalitis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2004 Oct;17(4):903-25, table of contents.
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Vernet G. Diagnosis of zoonotic viral encephalitis. Arch Virol Suppl. 2004;(18):231-44.
