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Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). It causes encephalitis in human and horses, and may lead to reproductive failure in sows. The first human encephalitis case in Malaya (now Malaysia) was reported during World War II in a Br...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Kiven, Arshad, Siti Suri, Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi, Abu, Jalila, Ooi, Peck Toung, Abba, Yusuf, Abd. Rahaman, Nor Yasmin, Bande, Faruku, Sharma, Reuben, Ong, Bee Lee
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Published: Elsevier 2018
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:74770 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74770/ Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline Kumar, Kiven Arshad, Siti Suri Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi Abu, Jalila Ooi, Peck Toung Abba, Yusuf Abd. Rahaman, Nor Yasmin Bande, Faruku Sharma, Reuben Ong, Bee Lee Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). It causes encephalitis in human and horses, and may lead to reproductive failure in sows. The first human encephalitis case in Malaya (now Malaysia) was reported during World War II in a British prison in 1942. Later, encephalitis was observed among race horses in Singapore. In 1951, the first JEV was isolated from the brain of an encephalitis patient. The true storyline of JE exposure among humans and animals has not been documented in Malaysia. In some places such as Sarawak, JEV has been isolated from mosquitoes before an outbreak in 1992. JE is an epidemic in Malaysia except Sarawak. There are four major outbreaks reported in Pulau Langkawi (1974), Penang (1988), Perak and Negeri Sembilan (1998–1999), and Sarawak (1992). JE is considered endemic only in Sarawak. Initially, both adults and children were victims of JE in Malaysia, however, according to the current reports; JE infection is only lethal to children in Malaysia. This paper describes a timeline of JE cases (background of each case) from first detection to current status, vaccination programs against JE, diagnostic methods used in hospitals and factors which may contribute to the transmission of JE among humans and animals in Malaysia. Elsevier 2018-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74770/1/Japanese.pdf Kumar, Kiven and Arshad, Siti Suri and Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi and Abu, Jalila and Ooi, Peck Toung and Abba, Yusuf and Abd. Rahaman, Nor Yasmin and Bande, Faruku and Sharma, Reuben and Ong, Bee Lee (2018) Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline. Acta Tropica, 185. 219 - 229. ISSN 0001-706X, ESSN: 1873-6254 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X18302407 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.05.017
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description Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). It causes encephalitis in human and horses, and may lead to reproductive failure in sows. The first human encephalitis case in Malaya (now Malaysia) was reported during World War II in a British prison in 1942. Later, encephalitis was observed among race horses in Singapore. In 1951, the first JEV was isolated from the brain of an encephalitis patient. The true storyline of JE exposure among humans and animals has not been documented in Malaysia. In some places such as Sarawak, JEV has been isolated from mosquitoes before an outbreak in 1992. JE is an epidemic in Malaysia except Sarawak. There are four major outbreaks reported in Pulau Langkawi (1974), Penang (1988), Perak and Negeri Sembilan (1998–1999), and Sarawak (1992). JE is considered endemic only in Sarawak. Initially, both adults and children were victims of JE in Malaysia, however, according to the current reports; JE infection is only lethal to children in Malaysia. This paper describes a timeline of JE cases (background of each case) from first detection to current status, vaccination programs against JE, diagnostic methods used in hospitals and factors which may contribute to the transmission of JE among humans and animals in Malaysia.
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author Kumar, Kiven
Arshad, Siti Suri
Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi
Abu, Jalila
Ooi, Peck Toung
Abba, Yusuf
Abd. Rahaman, Nor Yasmin
Bande, Faruku
Sharma, Reuben
Ong, Bee Lee
spellingShingle Kumar, Kiven
Arshad, Siti Suri
Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi
Abu, Jalila
Ooi, Peck Toung
Abba, Yusuf
Abd. Rahaman, Nor Yasmin
Bande, Faruku
Sharma, Reuben
Ong, Bee Lee
Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline
author_facet Kumar, Kiven
Arshad, Siti Suri
Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi
Abu, Jalila
Ooi, Peck Toung
Abba, Yusuf
Abd. Rahaman, Nor Yasmin
Bande, Faruku
Sharma, Reuben
Ong, Bee Lee
author_sort Kumar, Kiven
title Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline
title_short Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline
title_full Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline
title_fullStr Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline
title_full_unstemmed Japanese Encephalitis in Malaysia: an overview and timeline
title_sort japanese encephalitis in malaysia: an overview and timeline
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74770/1/Japanese.pdf
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