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

• Main Authors: Daniel E Impoinvil (Author), Mong How Ooi (Author), Peter J Diggle (Author), Cyril Caminade (Author), Mary Jane Cardosa (Author), Andrew P Morse (Author), Matthew Baylis (Author), Tom Solomon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...