Tools to Prepare for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
This website provides tools for state and federal animal and public health professionals to prepare for Japanese encephalitis virus should it emerge in the United States. The goal of these resources is to strengthen national awareness, preparedness, and coordinated response planning and communication during an arboviral disease outbreak response.
Webinar Series
One Health, One Threat: Preparing for Japanese Encephalitis Virus
This three-part webinar series has been designed for a national audience of U.S. animal health, public health, and emergency response professionals. Each live interactive webinar has been approved to provide one-hour (Scientific) of continuing education (CE) credit by the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine and Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Veterinary personnel in California, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and other states may be able to obtain CE credit using the Course Completion Certificate emailed to registered attendees after each live webinar.
Training Materials for State Agencies
Stay tuned for additional resources to be available in 2027!
Surveillance Without Silos: Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Objectives and Speakers
Describe Japanese encephalitis virus, including its routes of transmission, clinical signs in people and animals, prevention measures, and potential impacts on human and animal health in the United States.
Identify competent mosquito vectors for JEV, potential reservoir hosts, and areas of highest risk in the United States.
Explain arboviral disease surveillance in people, animals, and vectors as well as limitations associated with flavivirus testing.
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Reducing Risks: Controlling Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Objectives and Speakers
Outline the main response activities listed in the USDA Disease Response Strategy for Japanese Encephalitis, emphasizing the One Health approach.
Describe integrated pest management and how mosquitoes can be controlled on residential properties, farms, and communities.
Recognize the value of the U.S. apiary industry, the importance of apiary regulations and Managed Pollinator Protection Plans, and how to protect honey bees from pesticide exposures.
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Prepared Together: Arboviral Disease Response Lessons
Objectives and Speakers
Describe the overall purpose and goals of the National One Health Framework as well as strategies for bridging from theory to practice in developing response plans for arboviral disease events.
Describe how Michigan has identified major stakeholders and built their response teams during arboviral disease outbreaks.
Describe California’s experience utilizing a One Health approach for animal disease outbreaks and how it could be applied to arboviral disease outbreak preparedness and response.
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Acknowledgements
These resources were developed by the Center for Food Security and Public Health with funding provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program award identification number AP25VSSP0000C096.