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TROPICAL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030133
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Japanese encephalitis; Japanese encephalitis virus; flavivirus; Bali; Australia; CSF; whole genome sequencing
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A severe case of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection, resulting in fatality, occurred in an unvaccinated Australian male traveler from Bali, Indonesia, in 2019. During hospitalisation in Australia, patient cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) yielded JEV-specific IgM antibodies and RNA, and an isolate of the virus. Ongoing transmission of JEV in Bali underscores this pathogen as a public health risk and the importance of appropriate health, vaccination and mosquito avoidance advice to prospective travelers to the region.
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