Pathogen
JE virus (flavivirus).
Patient services
Japanese encephalitis
Source: RKI vaccines A–Z. Patient information, not medical advice.
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Transmission
Mosquitoes in rural rice-growing areas of South/Southeast Asia.
Clinical picture
In < 1 % of infections, severe encephalitis with 20–30 % lethality; lasting neurological deficits common.
Vaccine protection
Inactivated vaccine (Ixiaro), 2 doses.
Who should be vaccinated?
Travellers staying > 4 weeks in rural endemic areas of Asia (India, Nepal, Southeast Asia, southern China).
Vaccination schedule (STIKO)
- 1. Dosis
- 2. Dosis — 28 Tage nach 1. Dosis (Schnellschema: Tag 7).
Booster: Auffrischung nach 12–24 Mon., dann alle 10 J. Indikation: Reise/Aufenthalt > 4 Wochen in ländlichen Endemiegebieten Süd-/Südostasien.
Further information on Japanese encephalitis: RKI vaccines A–Z.
