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Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito‐borne disease that is present in Asia from Pakistan in the west to Oceania in the east. It poses a risk to travelers varying from 1 in 5000 for a 1‐week stay in peak season in endemic areas to 1 in a million per month. Twenty‐nine cases occurring in travelers over the last 20 years are described. The disease is vaccine‐preventable. An overview of current and future...
In Chapter 2, firstly the general definitions of the terms risk, reliability, hazard and vulnerability are discussed. Secondly, an explanation is given as to how the analysis of different possible hazards and uncertainties may lead to the identification of various risks in terms of loads and resistances in a given environmental system. The typology of different risks and the precautionary principle...
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