The effect of vaccination coverage and climate on Japanese encephalitis in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis across Asia with approximately 70,000 cases a year and 10,000 to 15,000 deaths. Because JE incidence varies widely over time, partly due to inter-annual climate variability effects on mosquito vector abundance, it becomes more com...

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Main Authors: Daniel E Impoinvil, Mong How Ooi, Peter J Diggle, Cyril Caminade, Mary Jane Cardosa, Andrew P Morse, Matthew Baylis, Tom Solomon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3738455?pdf=render