Travel vaccines – Japanese encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is the main cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. With approximately 67,000 cases and up to 20,000 deaths reported each year, Japanese encephalitis is the most frequent and most severe viral encephalitis, and the leading cause of viral neurological infection among children in Asia ¹.
As there is no cure for the disease, treatment focuses on relieving severe clinical signs and supporting the patient to overcome the infection ².