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Last year, an epidemic of Japanese encephalitis claimed 2,000 lives in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. There have been over 4,000 dengue cases and at least 100 deaths this year. (India Times, India)
* ADImmune seals deal on cell biotechnology Oct 13, 2006
ADImmune Corp () intends to use the PER.C6 cell line to develop and commercialize a vaccine against Japanese encephalitis virus in Taiwan and China, the Leiden, Netherlands-based Crucell said in a statement on Wednesday ... The company produces Japanese encephalitis vaccine and tetanus toxoid, with the former commanding 100 percent of the local market and the later 50 percent of the market. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Dengue outbreak serious, says govt Oct 9, 2006
About 1,000 workers are engaged in fogging operations to contain vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, viral fever and Japanese encephalitis ... " Scuffles broke out at overcrowded Safdarjung Hospital where people were also queuing for diagnosis and treatment. "I have been standing in the queue with my handicapped son since 5am and we have been waiting more than seven hours," shouted one man in the line, Umesh Gujjar. A dengue outbreak in the capital claimed more than 400... (Gulf Times)
First confirmed Dengue death in Andhra Pradesh Oct 9, 2006
To prevent vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, viral fever and Japanese encephalitis, nearly, 1,000 workers are deployed in fogging operations. Page. (MedIndia)
Centre had IIM-A profs warning on dengue outbreak. Oct 8, 2006
Other mosquito-borne viral diseases, including dengue and Japanese encephalitis, are already present in India and may spread very rapidly given the very heavy monsoon this year, he said, adding that unfortunately, the State government capacities to deal with vector-borne diseases have substantially eroded since the days of malaria-control programmes in the 60s. . (Expressindia.com)
Brain fever death toll touches 185 Sep 29, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006. Press Trust of India. (Hindustan Times)
Brain fever takes 185 lives Sep 29, 2006
With another childs death due to Japanese encephalitis, the death toll since April this year has reached 185 in Gorakhpur district ... A species of Culex mosquito spreads Japanese encephalitis ... Medindia on About Japanese Encephalitis Japanese encephalitis is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes. (MedIndia)
Hospital refuses to admit son with maggots Sep 25, 2006
Bao Qing slipped into a vegetative state after suffering from Japanese Encephalitis in 1999. Several days ago, blood began oozing out from Bao Qing's mouth and when Yu took a closer look, he found maggots crawling inside. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
HC takes serious note of JE outbreak Sep 6, 2006
ALLAHABAD: Taking a serious note of the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the Director General and Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, to appear before it in person on September 12 along with a detailed report on the steps taken in this regard ... The court observed that there was a difference of opinion among Medical experts as to weather the disease was Japanese Encephalitis or some other viral infection. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Control of Japanese Encephalitis — Within Our Grasp? Aug 31, 2006
NEJM -- Control of Japanese Encephalitis -- Within Our Grasp ... Control of Japanese Encephalitis Within Our Grasp ... The second half of 2005 saw one of the largest outbreaks of Japanese encephalitis that has occurred in northern India in recent years. (New England Journal of Medicine)
How to deal with dengue Aug 30, 2006
A sound program will deliver other benefits as well, including diminished risk of other mosquito-borne diseases that occur (much less frequently than dengue), like Japanese encephalitis, and of course the sheer pleasure of not being riddled with itchy mosquito bites. The writer is an expert in tropical infectious diseases and worked formerly with the U.S. Navy as a microbiologist. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Japanese encephalitis epidemic kills 11 in E Nepal Aug 29, 2006
KATHMANDU, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- As many as 11 of 73 Japanese encephalitis patients admitted in Koshi Zonal Hospital in eastern Nepal died of the disease, the state-run Rising Nepal newspaper reported on Tuesday. According to the English newspaper, out of total number of patients admitted in the hospital, 48 have returned home while 6 were transferred to other hospitals and 8 are undergoing treatment. (Xinhuanet, China)
* World News Quick Take Aug 23, 2006
India Wrong virus blamed A deadly virus that has claimed nearly 90 lives this year in the Gorakhpur region in Uttar Pradesh state was not Japanese encephalitis as originally thought but another illness, officials said yesterday ... More than 1,450 children died of Japanese encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh last year and hundreds more were left disabled ... Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito-borne viral disease. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
East UP killer virus identified Aug 20, 2006
According to its report, Arbo-B virus the virus which causes Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has been replaced by the Coxsackie-B virus in the Terai belt of UP.. Director general, medical health, Dr B Nath told The Times of India: "The team had collected 31 samples. Of these, 28 tested positive for Coxsackie B. Only two confirmed presence of JE virus while one gave a neutral response. Thus, it is confirmed that the viral disease on the rampage in eastern UP is not JE.". (Times of India)
Asceptic Meningitis - a new killer in east UP Aug 20, 2006
What was once believed to be the dreaded Japanese Encephalitis, killing hundreds of people, especially children, in eastern UP has now been identified as the viral disease Asceptic Meningitis by a team of microbiologists from the prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. A team from the SGPIMS headed by T N Dhole was rushed to Gorakhpur and Basti divisions by the government after a spurt in cases of suspected JE. The team confirmed that the potential killer was... (Hindu)
Eastern UPs killer virus is Coxsackie Aug 19, 2006
Eastern UPs killer virus is Coxsackie : HindustanTimes. Saturday, August 19, 2006. (Hindustan Times)
Japanese encephalitis kills 19 in north China, vaccines needed ... Aug 15, 2006
Japanese encephalitis kills 19 in north China, vaccines needed - Xinhua - Forbes ... AFX News Limited Japanese encephalitis kills 19 in north China, vaccines needed - Xinhua 08 ... BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - More than 740,000 vaccines are urgently needed in a north Chinese city to stop the spread of Japanese encephalitis which has so far claimed 19 lives, Xinhua news agency reported. (Forbes)
New clues to flavivirus replication Aug 2, 2006
"Because the essential RNA signals found for dengue virus replication are also present in other flavivirus genomes, such as yellow fever, West Nile, and Japanese encephalitis virus, it is likely that our findings can be extrapolated to other members of this family," Gamarnik wrote in an E-mail. Gamarnik added that her team is now trying to understand exactly how the polymerase binds to the promoter and passes from the 5' to 3' end, as well as how it is regulated. (The Scientist)
These Mosquitoes Don't Buzz, Bite or Blood-Feed UCD, Jul. 28 Jul 29, 2006
Mosquito-borne diseases include malaria, West Nile virus, several forms of encephalitis (Western equine, eastern equine, St. Louis and Japanese encephalitis) yellow fever, dengue fever and Rift Valley fever, and dog heartworm. Mosquito-borne diseases once found only in Africa are now spreading throughout the Western hemisphere. (University of California Newswire, CA)
India to vaccinate 11 million children against encephalitis Jul 28, 2006 Immunisation drive against Japanese encephalitis Jul 27, 2006 India launches encephalitis vaccination Jul 27, 2006 Gates Foundation Adopts Fight against Encephalitis Jul 27, 2006 BRD may soon have JE research centre Jul 27, 2006 India looks to China for women's contraceptive Jul 26, 2006 * Dengue fever warning issued for south Jul 26, 2006 Moderate quake in southwest China, 11 dead -Xinhua Jul 24, 2006 China's Sinovac 2005 net loss 5.11 mln usd on higher marketing expenses Jul 17, 2006 Vaccines for kids now mercury-free Jul 4, 2006 * Hualien authorities warn of Japanese encephalitis risks Jun 17, 2006 * Taiwan Quick Take: Encephalitis case confirmed Jun 4, 2006 Climate change to worsen melioidosis outbreaks: expert May 12, 2006 Chinese-Made Vaccine Safe May 11, 2006 UPs haste does not amuse experts May 10, 2006 Larvae from Far East mosquitos raises concern Apr 23, 2006 Turning Yellow Apr 10, 2006 Need for Japanese encephalitis vaccination in Indonesia? Apr 8, 2006 Avantogen and Hawaii Biotech to combine vaccine businesses Mar 21, 2006 Malaysian officials fear new outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis Jan 31, 2006 Health Minister: Woman not infected with JE Jan 29, 2006 STMicroelectronics and Veredus Laboratories Team to Diagnose Avian Flu Using Rapid-Detection Point-of-Need Lab-on-Chip Jan 18, 2006 State extends deadline for mercury in vaccines Jan 11, 2006 UPDATE: 160 DEAD IN NORTHERN INDIA COLD SNAP... Jan 10, 2006
NEW DELHI (ICNS) -- The Indian government has launched a nation-wide campaign to vaccinate 11 million children against Japanese encephalitis, a viral infection that claims hundreds of lives every year ... Transmitted by infected mosquitoes, the Japanese encephalitis kills more than 10,000 children in Asia and the Pacific every year and leaves one-third of its survivors with permanent neurological damage ... The partnership helped introduce Japanese encephalitis vaccine to high-risk districts in... (Indian Catholic)
India vaccinates millions for encephalitis Jul 28, 2006
Since May, nearly 11 million children aged 1 to 15 have been vaccinated against the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis in high-risk areas of four northern states, US-based nonprofit group Path said on Tuesday ... Critical news reports and images of unconscious children lying two to a bed led to a public outcry, and India's top health officials promised to take action before the next rainy season, said Dr Julie Jacobson, director of Path's Japanese Encephalitis Project ... Japanese encephalitis... (Independent Online)
NEW DELHI: With the monsoon season underway, the Government has taken up a comprehensive campaign to vaccinate 11 million children against Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral infection that claimed more than 1,800 lives last year. Approximately nine million children have so far been vaccinated, according to PATH, an international non-profit organisation. (Hindu)
In this photo released by PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), a nurse gives a child vaccination against Japanese encephalitis at Gorakhpur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in this May 2006 photo. With monsoon season in India well underway, the government of India is rapidly working to protect its children from Japanese encephalitis (JE), the leading cause of viral disability in Asia ... Since May, nearly 11 million children ages 1 to 15 have been vaccinated... (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
" According to Jacobson most of those killed or maimed by the virus have gone uncounted, misdiagnosed or regarded as the tragic, inevitable victims of an "orphan disease (MedIndia)
Wednesday, July 26, 2006. HT CorrespondentGorakhpur, July 25. (Hindustan Times)
NEW DELHI: After importing Live Tissue Culture vaccines to control Japanese Encephalitis, the health ministry is once again thinking of knocking on China's doors. And this time, it is for their Intra Uterine Devices (IUD) - a small 'T'-shaped object which when inserted through the cervix and placed in the uterus, prevents pregnancy. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Senior citizens in northern Taiwan should also beware of mosquito bites because the elderly are more vulnerable to Japanese encephalitis, the center said. This story has been viewed 167 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Jiayi used to be lively and mischievous but everything changed when she was given a vaccine shot against Japanese encephalitis B in August 2003 in a government hospital near her home. . (AlertNet)
Sinovac's vaccines focus on hepatitis and influenza, and the company is currently developing vaccines against bird flu, Japanese encephalitis and SARS.. andrew. (Forbes -- Business)
The only exception to the new state law, which took effect on Saturday, is the vaccine against Japanese encephalitis virus, a deadly mosquito-borne illness endemic to certain parts of Asia ... health and human services secretary, issued an exception for the Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine: "Given the absence of a mercury-free vaccine against Japanese encephalitis virus and because the risks of fatal disease or brain injury far exceed any risk of mercury in the vaccine, the secretary is... (Sacramento Bee -- Politics)
Hualien authorities warn of Japanese encephalitis risks ... Advertising Health authorities in Hualien County warned the public yesterday to be aware of Japanese encephalitis in the wake of a confirmed case of the disease ... According to Shih Jen-hsing (I), the head of Hualien's health bureau, six suspected cases of Japanese encephalitis have been reported in Hualien this year, with one case having been confirmed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
The Center for Disease Control confirmed this year's first case of Japanese encephalitis yesterday and urged travelers to the southern part of the country to avoid mosquito bites. Center Deputy Director Shih Wen-yi (I) said there have been an average of around 30 cases of the disease annually during the past five years and he estimated that the number of cases this year will be similar to that of last year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Professor Currie says the Top End can also expect the re-emergence of dengue, but it is simply too early to know about other diseases like avian influenza and japanese encephalitis. ABC Top Stories. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Australia/Local)
New Delhi, India (AHN) - Chinese-made Japanese encephalitis vaccine is considered safe and plans are underway to launch a vaccination campaign from May 15 in the state of Uttar Pradesh. According to Press Trust of India, the health secretary said, "The vaccine is safe. All details have been discussed and all data analysed.". (All Headline News)
Japanese Encephalitis: May not be right time for vaccination, data need analysis. NEW DELHI, MAY 9: Uttar Pradesh governments hasty decision to prepone the much hyped Japanese Encephalitis immunisation drive has left experts at the Centre unhappy ... 2 million doses of the Chinese made Japanese Encephalitis (tissue culture vaccine), manufactured by the Chengdu Institute of Biologicals arrive in India, on May 11. (Indian Express)
Not only are they aggressive, the mosquitoes can also carry Japanese encephalitis. And pest control wants to control the population before it gets out of hand. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
are already showing promise in early human trials, but they are all combinations of yellow fever and its close relatives in the so-called flavivirus family, including the dengue, Japanese encephalitis and West Nile viruses. Making chimeras containing proteins from unrelated pathogens is trickier. (Scientific American)
A hospital-based surveillance for Japanese encephalitis in Bali, IndonesiaKomang Kari , Wei Liu , Kompiang Gautama , Mammen P. Mammen Jr. , John D. Clemens , Ananda Nisalak , Ketut Subrata , Hyei Kyung Kim and Zhi-Yi Xu ... Japanese encephalitis (JE) is presumed to be endemic throughout Asia, yet only a few cases have been reported in tropical Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. (BioMed Central)
During the past 3 years, Hawaii Biotech received funding commitments of over US$30 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and other governmental agencies, to develop vaccines to prevent human infection by the West Nile virus, Dengue Fever virus, pandemic and annual Influenza viruses, and other serious incurable diseases including hepatitis C, malaria, Tick-borne and Japanese encephalitis, Ebola, and Eastern equine encephalitis. Avantogen Adjuvant Background. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Kuala Lumpur - A 13-year-old Malaysian girl is believed to have died of the dreaded mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis, while two others have been hospitalized, news reports said Sunday. Health authorities are trying to contain the spread of the disease after the three cases were detected in separate villages in northeastern Kelantan state, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. (Monsters and Critics.com)
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Chua Soi Lek has denied that a woman in Tanah Merah, Kelantan has been infected with Japanese Encephalitis (JE). "It has not been confirmed. People have confirmed it, I have not confirmed it," he told reporters after attending the Chinese New Year open house organised by MCA here Sunday. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
"In-Check is ideally suited to serve as a platform on which to build Veredus' unique infectious disease panels. This combination will enable rapid diagnosis and the delivery of appropriate treatments for patients in the shortest time possible. We are actively developing chips to detect Dengue, Malaria, West Nile, Yellow Fever, Typhoid Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, and other diseases and anticipate that our products will greatly improve treatment choices." Based on the encouraging results seen so... (PR Newswire)
Whitaker determined the phase-out could cause shortages of this season's flu shot and lesser-used vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, meningitis and Japanese encephalitis. Hugely disappointed. (Chicago Sun-Times)
A bitter cold spell in northern India has claimed six more lives to take the countrywide toll to 160, officials said, as doctors warn that survivors of a Japanese encephalitis outbreak are particularly at risk ... Doctors manning government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh warned of more casualties given the poor conditions in which patients battling illnesses such as Japanese encephalitis are being accommodated ... Five year-old Rohit Kumar, who survived an attack of Japanese encephalitis last week,... (The Drudge Report)
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