Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine: Along with Kovid, cases of Dengue, Malaria are being seen in the country. Due to dengue, people are facing the trouble of being admitted to the hospital. Japanese encephalitis virus has knocked in the country this year. For the first time in the last three years, the first case has been registered in Pune. According to media reports, due to deteriorating health of the 4-year-old child, he was on ventilator support for 9 days and remained in ICU for 15 days. Japanese encephalitis is considered extremely fatal at times. This proves fatal. Doctors say that there is a need to protect by knowing its symptoms.
What is Japanese Encephalitis?
Japanese encephalitis is an infection caused by a virus. It is related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile virus. The virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Culex species mosquitoes and mostly Culex tritaeniorhynchus. According to the World Health Organisation, the spread of Japanese encephalitis virus is high in 24 countries in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific region.
What are Japanese Encephalitis Symptoms?
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The four-year-old child in whom Japanese Encephalitis was confirmed. He had complained of fever, headache, weakness and seizures. Its samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology. Where the virus was confirmed. Now talking about its symptoms, fever and headache are more in case of infection. But if the condition is severe then high fever, headache, stiff neck, seizures, paralysis, going into coma and finally death can occur. Symptoms of Japanese encephalitis start appearing between 4 to 14 days.
Vaccination campaign started in Karnataka
In view of the danger of Japanese encephalitis, preparations are on to start vaccination campaign in different parts of the country. Japanese encephalitis vaccine campaign has started for 48 lakh children in Karnataka. At present, free vaccine is being given to children in 10 districts of Karnataka by Genevac. This vaccine drive will last for 3 weeks. Is a single dose vaccine prepared from an Indian strain (Kolar- 821564XY) of Japanese encephalitis virus. According to statistics, about 68,000 cases of Japanese encephalitis are reported every year in the country.
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