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CDC issues warning after first Japanese encephalitis case
By Lin Hui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Sat, Jun 25, 2022 page3
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning after Taiwan on Monday reported this year’s first case of Japanese encephalitis.
The case is a man in his 50s from Tainan’s Beimen District (北門), the CDC said.
He on June 7 developed a fever, followed by limpness in the lower body two days later, the health agency said, adding that he was diagnosed on Monday.
The man did not recently leave the country or travel within Taiwan, the CDC said.
He mostly stayed near his residence, which is near rice paddies and pig pens, and most likely contracted the disease locally, it said.
The CDC has instructed the man to clean potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes on his premises, it said.
He was told to clean his pig pen and install mosquito-catching lamps, the CDC added.
Japanese encephalitis season is from May to October, with case numbers usually peaking in June and July, the agency said...
CDC issues warning after first Japanese encephalitis case
By Lin Hui-chin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Sat, Jun 25, 2022 page3
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning after Taiwan on Monday reported this year’s first case of Japanese encephalitis.
The case is a man in his 50s from Tainan’s Beimen District (北門), the CDC said.
He on June 7 developed a fever, followed by limpness in the lower body two days later, the health agency said, adding that he was diagnosed on Monday.
The man did not recently leave the country or travel within Taiwan, the CDC said.
He mostly stayed near his residence, which is near rice paddies and pig pens, and most likely contracted the disease locally, it said.
The CDC has instructed the man to clean potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes on his premises, it said.
He was told to clean his pig pen and install mosquito-catching lamps, the CDC added.
Japanese encephalitis season is from May to October, with case numbers usually peaking in June and July, the agency said...