Thursday 31st August 2017
LO: Describe relevant information about a chosen disease.
Japanese encephalitis: It is a rare disease caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus. it is spread to people by infected mosquito's. It was discovered 125 years ago, JE (Short for Japanese encephalitis) has spread wildly in the 20th century. mostly around Asia. This disease affects travelers and people aged 12 months or older. This disease affects the blood stream, once bitten by a infected mosquito, the virus instantly goes into the blood stream. this causes people who have it have, Paralysis, tremors, headaches, illness, coma and a very stiff neck. Although, this disease is curable, all the infected people need to have is a Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Even though, having the vaccine is also not enough, people need to protect themselves from the mosquito's by either covering up loos fitting long sleeved shirt and long pants when going outside or by applying mosquito repellent to exposed skin.
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