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Encephalitis
Data on encephalitis reported by C. Hatz and co-researchers
July 1st, 2009
According to recent research from Basel, Switzerland, "Large numbers of Western travelers visit countries endemic for Japanese encephalitis (JE). The risk of infection is unknown." "This study attempts at estimating a risk incidence for visitors from two European countries with the available data. Using the total number of case reports between 1978 and 2008, the number of visits made by European tourists to endemic regions, and total doses of vaccines sold in the two study countries, the risk incidence of JE in travelers was estimated. The proportion of vaccinated visitors to endemic regions was retrieved from the data of two travel clinics (in London and Basel) and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-07-01)
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