Japanese Encephalitis

Posted by kaushik2015 on Tue, 21 Jul 2015

Kaushik Bharati, PhD What is Japanese encephalitis? Japanese encephalitis (JE) is so called simply because of the fact that it was first reported from Japan, and the major complication is encephalitis...

Zika Virus: Where Do We Stand in 2017?

Posted by kaushik2015 on Wed, 11 Jan 2017

Kaushik Bharati, PhDZika virus (ZIKV) is a Flavivirus spread by infected Aedes mosquitoes. Although the virus has been known since 1947, its notoriety spread in 2015 with major outbreaks in Brazil and...