Publications

ross river virus in mosquitoes (diptera:culicidae) during the 1994 epidemic around brisbane, australia.	during the summer 1994 outbreak of epidemic polyarthritis in suburban brisbane, 29,931 adult female mosquitoes were collected by octenol-co2 light traps and tested for virus by species in pools of approximately 20 using an in situ enzyme-linked immunoassay. overall, 63 isolations of ross river (rr) virus were made from 7 different mosquito species, including 23 from freshwater-breeding culex annulirostris skuse, 13 from peridomestic aedes notoscriptus (skuse), 4 from aedes procax (skuse), 12 fro ...	1997	9103757
spatial and temporal analysis of ross river virus disease patterns at maroochy shire, australia: association between human morbidity and mosquito (diptera: culicidae) abundance.	notifications of ross river (rr) virus disease in maroochy shire were mapped according to the patient's place of residence, and standardized morbidity ratios were calculated for each of 11 census districts, with 4 areas having higher than average overall rates of rr virus disease notification. temporal analysis of rr virus disease notifications from each of the 11 areas indicated that epidemics of rr virus disease either were widespread, resulting in higher than average numbers of cases from the ...	1999	10467782
vector competence of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) from maroochy shire, australia, for barmah forest virus.	mosquitoes were collected in light traps from maroochy shire and fed on blood containing the sympatric bf1611 strain of barmah forest virus (bf). saltmarsh aedes vigilax (skuse) and freshwater aedes procax (skuse) were highly susceptible to infection, with id50s of 10(1.7) and 10(1.5) african green monkey kidney (vero) cell culture infectious dose, 50% endpoint (ccid50) per mosquito, respectively, followed by aedes multiplex (theobald) and aedes funereus (theobald) with 10(2.5) and 10(3.2) ccid5 ...	1999	10593091
definition of ross river virus vectors at maroochy shire, australia.	evidence of ross river (rr) virus infection in field-collected mosquitoes and data from laboratory vector competence experiments incriminated a range of mosquito species as important vectors of rr virus in maroochy shire, queensland, australia. nine rr and 2 barmah forest virus isolates were recovered from 27,529 mosquitoes collected in light traps from maroochy shire during 1996. nine of the 10 most abundant mosquito species collected in light traps were fed on blood containing the b94/20 strai ...	2000	15218919
vector competence of australian mosquitoes for chikungunya virus.	chikungunya virus (chikv) is a globally emerging arbovirus responsible for unprecedented outbreaks in the western indian ocean, the indian subcontinent and italy. to assess the receptivity of australia to chikv, we exposed 10 australian mosquito species to a 2006 strain of chikv isolated from a viremic traveler from mauritius. in susceptibility trials, the infectious dose required to infect 50% of the mosquitoes was 10(0.6) cell culture infectious dose (ccid)(50)/mosquito for aedes procax, 10(1. ...	2010	19877822
seasonal activity, vector relationships and genetic analysis of mosquito-borne stratford virus.	there are many gaps to be filled in our understanding of mosquito-borne viruses, their relationships with vectors and reservoir hosts, and the environmental drivers of seasonal activity. stratford virus (strv) belongs to the genus flavivirus and has been isolated from mosquitoes and infected humans in australia but little is known of its vector and reservoir host associations. a total of 43 isolates of strv from mosquitoes collected in new south wales between 1995 and 2013 was examined to determ ...	2017	28253306
epidemiologic, entomologic, and virologic factors of the 2014-15 ross river virus outbreak, queensland, australia.	australia experienced its largest recorded outbreak of ross river virus (rrv) during the 2014-15 reporting year, comprising >10,000 reported cases. we investigated epidemiologic, entomologic, and virologic factors that potentially contributed to the scale of the outbreak in queensland, the state with the highest number of notifications (6,371). spatial analysis of human cases showed that notifications were geographically widespread. in brisbane, human case notifications and virus detections in m ...	2019	31742522