According to the Child Health and Vaccination Branch, 179 people were infected with Japanese encephalitis.
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35 people have died from Japanese encephalitis this year. According to Dr. Abhiyan Gautam, head of the Child Health and Vaccination Branch under the Family Welfare Division of the Department of Health Services, 179 people were infected with Japanese encephalitis.
He said that 1,739 suspected patients of Japanese encephalitis were tested this year. He said that even if a person has been infected with Japanese encephalitis once, they may not get Japanese encephalitis again, but a suspected patient may get Japanese encephalitis again.
Last year, 25 people died from Japanese encephalitis in 2024. He said that the number of deaths from Japanese encephalitis is increasing every year. Last year, 86 people were infected with Japanese encephalitis. Four people died in 2014, one in 2017, and seven in 2023 from Japanese encephalitis.
According to Dr. Gautam, people aged between three and 89 years were infected with Japanese encephalitis this year. 28 districts are at high risk from Japanese encephalitis.
Most of the deaths are above the age of 40. He said that nine percent of the deaths were vaccinated and the others were not vaccinated. Gautam said that the incidence of Japanese encephalitis will decrease now that the cold has increased.
This disease is especially prevalent from Shrawan to Kartik. 82 percent of children in Nepal have been vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis.
Japanese encephalitis is a serious disease transmitted by the bite of the Culex mosquito. This mosquito is most active in the evening and early morning.
Rice fields, swamps and stagnant water become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, so the risk of infection is high in such areas. Japanese encephalitis was first seen in Nepal in 1978 in Rupandehi district.
