Japanese Encephalitis -- Myanmar
An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis has killed 3 out of 17 patients in 4 townships in Kayin State. Hpa-an, Kawkareik, Hlaignbwe and Hpapun townships were affected. Japanese encephalitis was common in rural areas, said Dr Tun Min, health officer at the Kayin Public Health Department.
"The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes in the paddy plantations. Human are also infected through cattle and birds," said Tun Min [Humans are not infected directly from cattle or birds, but the mosquitoes
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