Volume 15, Number 1—January 2009
Perspective
Past, Present, and Future of Japanese Encephalitis
Figure 2
![Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) per 100,000 persons in Japanese encephalitis–endemic countries. Number in parentheses indicate estimated number of deaths in 2002 according to the World Health Organization (20). NA, not available.](/eid/images/08-0311-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) per 100,000 persons in Japanese encephalitis–endemic countries. Number in parentheses indicate estimated number of deaths in 2002 according to the World Health Organization (20). NA, not available.
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