RECOMMENDATION AND REPORTS: Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Published on July 18, 2019

Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus, a mosquitoborne flavivirus, is the most common vaccine-preventable cause of encephalitis in Asia.

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