Epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis: Past, present, and future prospects

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 435-448

  Wang, Huanyu ^a,b   Liang, Guodong ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis syndrome; Japanese encephalitis; Japanese encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CAMBODIA; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LAOS; MALAYSIA; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NORTH KOREA; PAKISTAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHILIPPINES; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TIMOR-LESTE; VIET NAM; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 84928110298     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S51168     Document Type: Review

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