A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019

Alyssa T. Pyke; Keat Choong; Frederick Moore; Sanmarié Schlebusch; Carmel Taylor; Glen Hewitson; Jamie McMahon; Neelima Nair; Peter Moore; Mitchell Finger; Peter Burtonclay; Sarah Wheatley

doi:10.3390/tropicalmed5030133

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (Aug 2020)

A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019

Alyssa T. Pyke,
Keat Choong,
Frederick Moore,
Sanmarié Schlebusch,
Carmel Taylor,
Glen Hewitson,
Jamie McMahon,
Neelima Nair,
Peter Moore,
Mitchell Finger,
Peter Burtonclay,
Sarah Wheatley

Affiliations

Alyssa T. Pyke: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Keat Choong: Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Birtinya, QLD 4575, Australia
Frederick Moore: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Sanmarié Schlebusch: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Carmel Taylor: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Glen Hewitson: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Jamie McMahon: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Neelima Nair: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Peter Moore: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Mitchell Finger: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Peter Burtonclay: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia
Sarah Wheatley: Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, QLD 4108, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030133
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 3
p. 133

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A severe case of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection, resulting in fatality, occurred in an unvaccinated Australian male traveler from Bali, Indonesia, in 2019. During hospitalisation in Australia, patient cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) yielded JEV-specific IgM antibodies and RNA, and an isolate of the virus. Ongoing transmission of JEV in Bali underscores this pathogen as a public health risk and the importance of appropriate health, vaccination and mosquito avoidance advice to prospective travelers to the region.

Published in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease

ISSN: 2414-6366 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
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