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Taiwan: 2017 Japanese encephalitis

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Editor, Senior Moderator
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced Thursday this year?s first case of Japanese encephalitis confirmed in Tainan City. The case is a 45-year-old foreign female who lives in Taiwan due to work.
According to the CDC, in the evening of May 30, she was rushed to the hospital and hospitalized for treatment after she developed splitting headache, fever and unconsciousness. The hospital reported her to the local health authority as a suspected Japanese encephalitis case and submitted her specimens for laboratory testing. Infection with Japanese encephalitis was confirmed in the case on June 7. As of now, the case?s condition has improved, but she is still hospitalized for treatment.


http://outbreaknewstoday.com/taiwan-reports-1st-japanese-encephalitis-case-year-tainan-city-42994/
 
Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201707160016.aspx


Chiayi reports second Japanese encephalitis case
2017/07/16 20:35:39
Photo courtesy of Chiayi County government

Taipei, July 16 (CNA) A second Japanese encephalitis case has been confirmed in Chiayi County, bringing to 14 the total number of such cases in Taiwan this year, health officials of the southern Taiwan county said Sunday.

The patient was a 57-year-old man and resident of Shuishang Township, who developed a fever and a stiff neck and temporarily lost consciousness on July 7 and sought emergency treatment at a hospital...
 
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