S. Korea Raises Alert for Japanese Encephalitis

[Gert van der Hoek]

July 12, 2016

A heightened warning for Japanese encephalitis has been issued across Korea.


The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday said they raised the alert level from April based on analysis of mosquitoes collected in Busan last Thursday, of which 64.2 percent were Culex tritaeniorhynchus, a carrier of the Japanese encephalitis virus.

Not all mosquitoes of the species carry the virus and 95 percent of people bitten by the mosquito show no symptoms at all. But some bites can cause encephalitis, so special care is needed to avoid bites.

Last year, 40 people were infected with the disease, the most since 2001.

[sharon sanders]

Centers for Disease Control, "Japanese encephalitis alert 'issued nationwide


- Japanese encephalitis mosquito parameters (small red house mosquito) is more than 50% of the total density of mosquitoes -
◇ wear long clothing when outdoors in bright colors and exposed areas, use mosquito repellents yen!
◇ 12 months to 12 years old children are vaccinated on schedule, please come!


□ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division jeonggiseok) is Japanese encephalitis alert nationwide as Japanese encephalitis parameters mosquito (small red house mosquito) is at least 500, yet more than 50% of all mortgages classified among the average population per day of mosquitoes collected in Busan today announced the appointment (July 11).

○ Now the mosquitoes are being collected by mosquitoes collected by July 7 in Busan, the total collected mosquitoes were a little red house of mosquitoes, accounting for 64.2% of all mortgages, the current virus scan in progress.

○ does not have any mosquitoes of Japanese encephalitis viruses, special care is needed if bitten by a mosquito with the Japanese encephalitis virus can progress to encephalitis part.

○ To date, there is no Japanese encephalitis patients diagnosed in the country this year.

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