Economic and disease burden of Japanese encephalitis in Zhejiang Province, 2013-2018.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Xuan Deng, Rui Yan, Zi-Qiao Li, Xue-Wen Tang, Yang Zhou, Hanqing He
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Billing
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009505; https://doaj.org/article/12e348309a6d4be396d0676486642226

Background Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne disease and associated with high mortality and disability rate among symptomatic cases. In the absence of local data, this study estimated the economic burden and the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to JE in Zhejiang Province, Chin...