Hyundai Health Newspaper – Japanese Encephalitis Warning issued … Less than 12 years old vaccination required

[현대건강신문=김형준 기자] More than 50% of small red house mosquitoes that are a Japanese encephalitis-mediated mosquito have been found in the area Chonnam

The Japanese encephalitis alert was published nationwide. The mosquito-mediated Japanese encephalitis, a small red mosquito, is a small, dark brown mosquito that lives in paddy fields, animal pens and puddles.

The criteria for issuance of the alert to Japanese encephalitis is that the average number of mosquitoes collected twice a week is greater than 500 and greater than 50% of the total mosquito density .

Among mosquitoes collected on the third day, the average number of small red mosquitoes collected per day was 962, or 64.7% of all mosquitoes.

Japanese encephalitis is an effective preventative vaccine, children aged 12 to 12 years * should be vaccinated according to the standard schedule.

In addition, vaccination is not recommended for all adults, but for people who are not immunized and who are at high risk of infection by exposure to mosquitoes.

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