Hong Kong reports 2nd local Japanese encephalitis case
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#DSD3)
The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (July 9) reported that the suspected case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) affecting a man aged 55 under investigation yesterday (July 8) has been laboratory confirmed. Both the patient's cerebrospinal fluid and blood sample tested positive for immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to ["]