<span style="color: #222222;">In Arunachal Pradesh, more than 20 Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases have been reported from East Siang District alone, besides a sizable number of fever cases having Acute Encephalitic Syndrome (AES). </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State Health Department will send a Rapid Response Team (Medicine) to the District to study on the reported Japanese Encephalitis cases and study vulnerability of the vector borne diseases. East Siang District Medical Officer Dr Kaling Dai said the reported JE positive cases were tested in District Priority Laboratory (DPL) in Bakin Pertin Memorial General Hospital in Pasighat. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said these blood samples were also sent to ICMR laboratory at Dibrugarh in Assam for confirmation of JE. The District Priority Laboratory at Pasighat conducts Serological Test, but the ICMR laboratories are equipped with technology to conduct Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, which confirms presence of JE virus in the blood.</span>