The Japanese encephalitis virus, which is relatively new to Australia, poses a significant health risk to a naïve population.

A second "fatal" case of Japanese encephalitis has been reported in New South Wales, while three cases of Murray Valley ...

A Bowen man has become the first in Queensland thought to have died from Japanese encephalitis since 2022. Public health officials are concerned the risk of exposure to the virus may increase after ...

The 'fatal' brain infection is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes in parts of Asia and the Western Pacific and has been ...

A second man in has died from Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia ’s New South Wales on March 6, the state’s health ...

A second man in has died from Japanese encephalitis virus in New South Wales on March 6, the state’s health authorities confirmed on Friday. Aged in his 70s, the man was infected while holidaying in ...

A Bowen man has died from the first probable case of Japanese Encephalitis Virus JEV in the region, a disease spread through bites from mosquitoes, though it’s difficult to determine where the man ...

Queenslanders are being warned against getting bitten by mosquitoes after the Japanese encephalitis virus was found in Brisbane.

In January, Queensland recorded its first locally-acquired case of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) since 2022, likely ...

Ross Constable, from Manchester, returned from Thailand and suffered from skin sheeding, distorted memory and developed Tourette's after he was bitten by an insect ...

The two most important measles complications to know about are pneumonia, affecting the lungs, and brain swelling known as ...

The potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus Japanese encephalitis has been detected in Brisbane for the first time.