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Japanese Encephalitis

Other Names: Japanese B Encephalitis, Arbovirus B, Mosquito–borne Encephalitis Virus
Japanese encephalitis is a serious mosquito-borne viral disease that affects horses, donkeys, pigs, and humans. It causes reproductive losses in pigs and encephalitis in horses.

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1 Japanese Encephalitis Photo

Disease Agent(s)

  • Flavivirus

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Japanese Encephalitis Preparedness

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Spickler, Anna Rovid. "Title of Factsheet." "Date of Factsheet (Last Updated)." At cfsph.iastate.edu/diseaseinfo/factsheets/

japanese-encephalitis: Pig, fetuses. The litter consists of five large (full-term) stillborn fetuses and two small mummified fetuses.
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