Japanese Encephalitis

What is Japanese In pigs, reproductive or breeding Who should I contact, encephalitis and what problems such as, stillbirths, if I suspect Japanese causes it? abortions, mummies, and infertility encephalitis? Japanese encephalitis is a may occur. Piglets born alive often In Animals – Contact your serious viral disease transmitted by have tremors and convulsions. The veterinarian immediately. mosquitoes that can affect animals period from exposure to infection in In Humans – Contact your and humans. Illness ranges from mild pigs is uncertain. physician immediately. disease (fever, lethargy) to severe brain Many species of animals that How can I protect my infection (encephalitis). It can cause become infected, such as cattle, reproductive problens in pigs. dogs, cats,and birds show no signs of animal from Japanese encephalitis? The disease primarily occurs in illness. temperate regions of Asia, but has Since Japanese encephalitis Can I get Japanese virus is spread by certain species been spreading to parts of Indonesia, encephalitis? northern Australia, Paua New Guinea of mosquitoes, proper mosquito Yes. People can get Japanese and possibly Pakistan. The virus can control programs can help minimize encephalitis from the bite of an affect humans and animals. the spread of the disease. Vaccines infected mosquito (vector). The virus are available for swine in Japan and What animals get Japanese is not spread directly from infected Taiwan. encephalitis? animals or people. How can I protect The Japanese encephalitis virus Most human infections have myself from Japanese causes disease in horses, donkeys, and limited or no signs of illness. When pigs. Other animals can be infected, clinical signs are seen they they encephalitis? but typically do not show signs of have a quick onset with high fever, Proper mosquito protection is illness, these include cattle, sheep, headache, neck stiffness. Infection important. Minimize your outdoor goats, dogs, cats, wild mammals, of the brain (encephalitis) can cause exposure to mosquitoes, especially in reptiles, amphibians, and birds. disorientation, tremors or convulsions the early evening when their activity (especially in infants), paralysis and is the greatest. Wear long pants and How can my animal get coma. Infections are generally more long-sleeved shirts when outside. Use Japanese encephalitis? severe in infants and the elderly. DEET insect repellents. Japanese encephalitis is spread For More Information through the bite of an infected mosquito (vector). Some animals, CFSPH Technical Fact Sheets. Japanese especially infected pigs and birds, can Encephalitis at http://www.cfsph.ia- have large amounts of the virus in their state.edu/DiseaseInfo/default.htm blood and serve as a major source of CDC website. Japanese Encephalitis. the virus (reservoir) for mosquitoes. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/ jencephalitis/index.htm How does Japanese encephalitis affect my Japanese Encephalitis animal? is a viral disease Horses usually show no signs of spread by mosquitoes. disease. Rare cases may result in brain It can affect pigs, horses infection (encephalitis), fever, inability and humans. to walk, stupor (trance), and teeth grinding. Signs begin to show 8 to 10 Photo from CDC Public Health Image Library. days after exposure to the virus.