Health Alerts

ProMED this week published a report on a Japanese encephalitis (JEV) infection in a 14yo Belgian girl who had travelled to Khao Lak in Phang Nga province on Dec 20. Eleven days after arriving in the country, she developed initial symptoms of JEV (fever, headache, fatigue and dysphagia) which progressed during her return flight home. Early in Jan, she was confirmed to have Japanese encephalitis and admitted to an intensive care unit in Belgium for treatment and has since recovered enough to be moved to a ward but will require long-term rehabilitation. The seven other family members travelling with the girl were not infected. Read more.