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A GP guide to the Japanese encephalitis vaccination update

Vaccination is now recommended for travellers spending one month or more in endemic areas in Asia and Papua New Guinea during the transmission season.
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16 September 2023
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Need to know:

Japanese encephalitis has been in the news since early 2021 when cases of the disease, previously only seen in returned travellers or in people living in the Torres Strait, started appearing in other parts of Australia including the southern states.1

Since January 2021 there have been 45 human cases notified of which 36 were confirmed with definitive laboratory evidence.

These cases resulted in seven deaths, two in NSW, two in SA, and one each in Victoria, Queensland and the NT.

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