Japanese Encephalitis — South Korea
On 22 Mar [2021], the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) issued an advisory against Japanese encephalitis throughout the nation, as the 1st _Culex tritaeniorhynchus_ — the vector mosquitoes of Japanese encephalitis — of the year were identified in Jeju.
Most people who are bitten by the vector mosquitoes carrying the Japanese encephalitis virus are asymptomatic. However, it requires caution, as it can lead to fatal, acute encephalitis in rare cases. There were 7 Japanese
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