The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is urging the public to take measures to avoid mosquito bites after a case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) was reported in mid-June.
Laboratory test results just confirmed that the JE virus was found in a batch of specimens of adult Culex tritaeniorhynchus collected in Mong Tseng Wai, Lau Fau Shan, Yuen Long, on June 26.
“Positive results from time to time are not unexpected as JE is endemic among local pigs. Mosquitoes may acquire the virus from wading birds and pigs, which are known hosts of the virus,” a CHP spokesman said. “The anti-mosquito actions and monitoring of JE vectors will continue.”
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Laboratory test results just confirmed that the JE virus was found in a batch of specimens of adult Culex tritaeniorhynchus collected in Mong Tseng Wai, Lau Fau Shan, Yuen Long, on June 26.
“Positive results from time to time are not unexpected as JE is endemic among local pigs. Mosquitoes may acquire the virus from wading birds and pigs, which are known hosts of the virus,” a CHP spokesman said. “The anti-mosquito actions and monitoring of JE vectors will continue.”
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