FIGURE.

Areas with risk for Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus transmission and JE vaccine introduction* — 24 countries in Asia and the Western Pacific Region,^†,§ 2016

Source: World Health Organization (WHO)/Immunization Vaccines and Biologicals database; May 12, 2017.

* Singapore made a decision not to introduce JE vaccine because only rare, sporadic human cases are reported in the country.

^† The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there might not yet be full agreement.

^§ JE vaccine introduction in Indonesia will be limited to Bali.