The outbreak of Japanese encephalitis continues to claim lives and will leave many brain-damaged victims in its wake.

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is one of the “most scary” diseases to contract, says Jo Lines, a vector biologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. “Why? Because it doesn’t usually kill you but often leaves you brain-damaged,” he told New Scientist. “If there are a thousand dead that means there is a vast toll of encephalitis brain-damaged people.”

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