Q Is it essencial to take japanese encephalitis vaccination ? About this vaccination are there any type of bindings? Beside this vaccination what is the procedure to protect japanese encephalitis?
Whether to take any vaccine or not is ones subjective choice, but it is always said that prevention is better than cure. If you are going to travel the area, where this disease is common, it is better that you should take this vaccine. Japanese encephalitis is a viral infection of brain and it is spread through mosquito bites. It does not spread from person to person. This is more common in rural area of Asian countries. The symptoms of disease may very from no symptoms to fatal conditions. If you want to prevent the disease, without this vaccination, you should strictly keep an eye on mosuitos, and should take all the preventive measures to avoid mosquito bites. Measures like using insect repellent creams, bed nets, keeping surroundings clean and mosquito free will reduce the chances of mosquito bites. JE vaccine is recommended to travellers of Asia, who are planning to stay their for more than a week, or they are going for an outdoor work, or their is a plan to visit rural areas or going to areas with JE outbreaks. If you are travelling to urban area and will not stay more than 30 days, then you may not need to take the vaccine. But talk to your doctor about this.