Reducing vulnerability to the threat of Japanese encephalitis transmission in high risk districts in Nepal

摘要

Background: Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a vector borne viral zoonotic diseases, transmitted by Culex mosquitoes. It is main public health problems in Asian Countries including Nepal, engendering poverty and intellectual standard of nation hampering prosperity and misfortune of economy of life. People generally migrate from rural to urban areas for sustaining economy. To alleviate poverty, they rear pigs. Pigs are the reservoir hosts for JE virus. But, they have lack of knowledge about JE. Hence, the study was conducted with aim to study knowledge, attitude and risk factors associated with JE among pig farmers in Kathmandu, Nepal.