SYDNEY, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Health authorities in Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, on Tuesday issued a high-risk warning after figuring out a human case of a lethal mosquito-borne virus.
The Department of Health in Victoria introduced {that a} possible human case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus has been recognized in a resident of the state’s north.
It is the primary human case of JE virus — a probably lethal flavivirus associated to dengue and yellow fever — in Victoria throughout the present summer time and has prompted a warning for individuals to take further precautions to keep away from mosquito bites.
“The risk of mosquito-borne diseases remains high in the coming weeks. Taking measures to avoid mosquito bites is critical to protect against infections,” the alert issued by Victoria’s Acting Chief Health Officer Christian McGrath stated.
According to the World Health Organization, one in 250 human infections with JE virus leads to extreme medical sickness. The virus may cause a uncommon an infection of the mind that may result in seizures, listening to or imaginative and prescient loss, paralysis and even loss of life.
The Victorian Department of Health alert stated that residents of, and guests to, communities alongside the Murray River within the state’s north are probably at increased danger of an infection.
It stated that kids aged 5 years and youthful and the aged are at increased danger of growing extreme sickness if they’re contaminated with the JE virus.