Volume 15, Number 1—January 2009
Perspective
Past, Present, and Future of Japanese Encephalitis
Tobias E. Erlanger
, Svenja Weiss, Jennifer Keiser, Jürg Utzinger, and Karin Wiedenmayer
, Svenja Weiss, Jennifer Keiser, Jürg Utzinger, and Karin WiedenmayerTable 2
Rice irrigation and pork production by Japanese encephalitis–endemic country, 1990 and 2005*
| Country | Persons in close proximity to rice irrigation† | Rice paddy area, 1990† | Rice paddy area, 2005† | % Change in paddy area | % Change in pork production† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bangladesh | 116,600,000 | 10,435 | 10,524 | +1 | NA |
| Cambodia | 1,426,000 | 1,855 | 2,415 | +30 | +46 |
| China | 22,019,000 | 33,519 | 29,087 | –13 | +87 |
| India | 107,785,000 | 42,687 | 41,907 | –2 | –8 |
| Indonesia | 7,169,000 | 10,502 | 11,802 | +12 | –13 |
| Japan | 1,947,000 | 2,074 | 1,706 | –18 | –23 |
| North Korea | 414,000 | 600 | 590 | –2 | –35 |
| South Korea | 921,000 | 1,244 | 980 | –21 | +69 |
| Laos | 164,000 | NA | NA | NA | +21 |
| Malaysia | 181,000 | 681 | 676 | –1 | –47 |
| Myanmar | 3,120,000 | 4,760 | 7,008 | +47 | +381 |
| Nepal | 554,000 | 1,455 | 1,542 | +6 | +12 |
| Papua New Guinea | 110 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Pakistan | 513,000 | 2,113 | 2,621 | +24 | NA |
| The Philippines | 12,200,000 | 3,319 | 4,200 | +27 | +18 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Sri Lanka | 2,232,000 | 828 | 915 | +10 | +21 |
| Thailand | 8,330,000 | 8,792 | 10,042 | +14 | +80 |
| Vietnam | 18,648,000 | 6,043 | 7,329 | +21 | +147 |
