The Clinical Takeaway: Japanese Encephalitis – What GPs need to know

In this episode:

 
– Japanese Encephalitis is likely to become endemic in Australia
– Strategies to minimise the serious but rare neurological outcomes will include keeping away from pigs, mosquito population control, mosquito bite avoidance measures and vaccination
– How to diagnose and more about the vaccine

Host: Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator

Total time: 36 mins

Guest: Dr Bernard Hudson, Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician

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