India will soon be better armed to combat Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral disease that affects the brain.

Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Atum Welly has called upon the officials of his department to take pro–active measures in order to prevent Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis from becoming epidemic

The number of encephalitis patients has increased in the district this summer and rainy seasons. The disease is transmitted by mosquito bite, it is learnt.

Awaits Union Health Ministry’s Response

The first totally indigenous vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) — created using an Indian strain of the virus — has received the nod of Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). The vaccine is going to be formally launched for public use soon.

Four persons died due to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district while 27 more patients of the disease have been admitted to the district hospital.

Two children suffering from encephalitis died on Monday night.

LUCKNOW: To bring down encephalitis cases in UP, the government launched project Japanese Encephalitis in seven districts affected by the disease on Thursday.

After a seven-month lull, encephalitis in the eastern districts of the state has resurfaced with over 200 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) and more than 100 deaths reported in the past 20

The National Institute of Virology's unit in Kerala has detected and confirmed through full genome sequencing the evidence of a new strain of West Nile Virus (WNV) and its association with human cases in India.

The virus, transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes, can cause a fatal neurological disease in humans.