During earlier outbreaks occurred in Malkangiri district, the association of JE was confirmed as JE virus IgM from serological samples and JE virus RNA from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples was detected (Dwibedi et al. 2015, Nayak et al. 2016a) and was lacking the supporting entomological confirmations from viral isolation of JE vectors. The gene discussed is CD40LG; the disease is Japanese encephalitis.