An epidemiologic review of Japanese Encephalitis with a special focus on incidence and methods of control for South Korea.
- Author:
Hee choul OHRR
1
;
Sang Wook LEE
;
Jae Seok HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University. ohrr@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Japanese encephalitis;
epidemiology;
method of control;
Asia
- MeSH:
Asia;
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*;
Child;
Encephalitis;
Encephalitis, Japanese*;
Epidemiology;
Humans;
Incidence*;
Korea*
- From:Korean Journal of Epidemiology
2005;27(1):69-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Japanese encephalitis(JE) is the leading viral cause of encephalitis and disability in Asia. The disease primarily infects children under the age of 15, leaving up to 70% of these who develop illness either dead or with a long-term neurological disability. We reviewed not only JE disease burden, etiology, vector, mode of transmission, reservoir but also geographic distribution and incidence of the disease in Asia, with a focus on the South Korea. A special comment on the methods of control JE and perspective for South Korea also included.
