Do I actually need this for my trip?

Often not. It is recommended for longer rural stays, wet-season travel and outdoor exposure in affected regions — not for a fortnight in cities. Bring your itinerary to the review and you will get a straight answer either way.

How far ahead should I start?

Ideally five to six weeks, so both doses and the week after the second fall before departure. An accelerated schedule exists for adults when there is less time, which is decided at the review.

Does it replace mosquito precautions?

No, and that matters — the same mosquitoes in the same regions also carry dengue and malaria, which this vaccine does nothing about. Repellent, nets and covered clothing remain necessary.

Will I need a booster?

If you remain at risk, a booster is generally recommended one to two years after the primary series. For a single trip with no return planned, usually not.

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Vaccination · Reviewed by a physician

Japanese encephalitis vaccine

Japanese encephalitis is spread by mosquitoes that breed in rice fields and around pig farming across rural Asia. Most infections cause nothing. The small number that reach the brain are severe, and there is no treatment — only prevention.

From$299.35per dose

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At a glance

Appointment

20minutes

Review, dose, then a short wait.

Doses

2doses

28 days apart, or accelerated.

Protection begins

1week

After the second dose.

Protection lasts

1–2years

Then a booster if still at risk.

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Who it is for

Is this one for you?

Eligibility is a medical question, not a preference. A physician reviews your history before any dose is given.

How it works

An inactivated virus, and no treatment if you skip it.

The vaccine contains Japanese encephalitis virus that has been grown and then chemically inactivated. It cannot replicate and cannot cause the disease, but the immune system still recognises its proteins and builds antibodies against them.

The reason a rare disease justifies a vaccine at all is the arithmetic of its outcomes. Fewer than one in a hundred infections produces encephalitis. But of those that do, roughly a third are fatal and a further large share leave permanent neurological damage, and there is no antiviral treatment — care is supportive only. A low probability multiplied by that severity is what makes prevention worth two injections before a long rural trip.

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01
The dose
An injection into the muscle of the upper arm. It takes a few seconds.
02
The response
Your immune system learns to recognise the target and builds antibodies against it over the following weeks.
03
The memory
Those cells stay. If you meet the real thing later, the response is already prepared.

Your visit

One appointment, about 20 minutes.

Most of it is the review beforehand and the wait afterwards.

01
First
The review
Your vaccination history, your medical history, and what you are actually due — which is sometimes not what you booked for.
02
Then
The dose
An injection into the upper arm, recorded in your medical file.
03
15 minutes
The wait
You stay in the clinic afterwards. Immediate reactions are rare, and this is where they would be managed.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar, physician at Clinique Medix.

Who performs it

A physician reviews it first.

A vaccination at a medical clinic is not the same transaction as one at a counter. A physician reviews your history first — what you have had, what you are due, what you are travelling to, and whether anything in your record changes the answer — and the dose is recorded in a medical file rather than on a card you are asked to keep.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar

General Surgeon, Medical Director

Pricing

The price, agreed before anything starts.

What it costs, and what the figure is counted in. The plan and the price are written down and agreed at your evaluation, before any treatment begins.

From

$299.35per dose

Per dose. Two doses make the primary series.

Reviewed by Dr. Andrew Gyopar before administration.

Prices are before taxes and may change without notice. Results vary from one person to another. A medical evaluation is required before any treatment.

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Before and after