| self-reported morbidity of barmah forest virus infection on the north coast of new south wales. | to describe the clinical features and disability associated with barmah forest virus (bfv) infection. | 1997 | 9397039 |
| communicable diseases network australia national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee annual report, 2006-07. | this report describes the epidemiology of mosquito-borne disease in australia for the mosquito-borne disease season 1 july 2006 to 30 june 2007, which was moderately low compared to previous seasons. ross river virus (rrv) infections (55%), barmah forest virus (bfv) infections (29%) and overseas acquired malaria (11%) were the most common mosquito-borne diseases reported in 2006-07. the number, proportion and rate of national bfv notifications were the second highest on record since 1998-99. the ... | 2008 | 18522303 |
| bug breakfast in the bulletin: ross river virus. | | 2007 | 17649606 |
| communicable diseases network australia national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee annual report, 2005-06. | this report describes the epidemiology of mosquito-borne disease in australia for the mosquito-borne disease season 1 july 2005 to 30 june 2006, in which the second largest number of notifications since 1995-96 was reported. ross river virus (rrv) infections (66%), barmah forest virus (bfv) infections (23%) and malaria (9%) were the most common mosquito-borne diseases reported in 2005-06. national rrv notifications were the fifth largest on record. the northern territory had the highest rate of ... | 2006 | 17330382 |
| role of verrallina funerea (diptera: culicidae) in transmission of barmah forest virus and ross river virus in coastal areas of eastern australia. | verrallina funerea (theobald) (diptera: culicidae) is a brackish water mosquito species found most commonly in indonesia, papua new guinea, and the northeastern coastal regions of australia. aspects of the vector competence of this species for barmah forest virus (family togaviridae, genus alphavirus, bfv) and ross river virus (family togaviridae, genus alphavirus, rrv), two medically important arboviruses in australia, were investigated. laboratory-reared ve. funerea were moderately susceptible ... | 2006 | 17162959 |
| post-infective and chronic fatigue syndromes precipitated by viral and non-viral pathogens: prospective cohort study. | to delineate the risk factors, symptom patterns, and longitudinal course of prolonged illnesses after a variety of acute infections. | 2006 | 16950834 |
| communicable diseases network australia: national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee annual report 2004-05. | this report describes the epidemiology of mosquito-borne disease in australia for the mosquito-borne disease season 1 july 2004 to 30 june 2005. ross river virus (rrv) infections (45%), barmah forest virus (bfv) infections (30%) and malaria (19%) were the most common mosquito-borne diseases reported in 2004-05. the northern territory had the highest rate of rrv notifications and the peak notification rate (in february 2005) was 54 per cent less than the previous season. the northern territory al ... | 2005 | 16465923 |
| antibodies to the ross river virus in captive marsupials in urban areas of eastern new south wales, australia. | serum samples collected from 224 tammar wallabies (macropus eugenii) in two captive populations in urban areas in eastern new south wales australia, between december 1999 and may 2004, were tested for antibodies to ross river virus (rrv). in one population in northwest sydney, 21 animals (11%) tested positive, and in another population in newcastle, new south wales, thirteen (33%) of the animals were positive. antibodies were detected in four of 11 wallaroos (macropus robustus) (36%) but not in ... | 2005 | 16244073 |
| population health aspects of mosquito-borne disease in new south wales. | | 2004 | 15711613 |
| ross river virus in western sydney: a serological survey. | | 2003 | 14981558 |
| australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system. | in 2001 there were 104,187 notifications of communicable diseases in australia reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss). the number of notifications in 2001 was an increase of 16 per cent of those reported in 2000 (89,740) and the largest annual total since the nndss commenced in 1991. in 2001, nine new diseases were added to the list of diseases reported to nndss and four diseases were removed. the new diseases were cryptosporidiosis, laboratory-confirmed influen ... | 2003 | 12725505 |
| an outbreak of barmah forest virus disease in victoria. | this report describes the epidemiological and clinical features of an outbreak of 47 cases of laboratory-confirmed barmah forest virus disease (bf disease) that occurred in victoria between january and may 2002. laboratory-confirmed cases were investigated, and information on travel history and clinical details was collected. surveillance data from adult mosquito trappings and climatic conditions in the wellington shire were also reviewed. the response rate for interviews was 85 per cent (40/47) ... | 2002 | 12549534 |
| assessment of the potential of dogs and cats as urban reservoirs of ross river and barmah forest viruses. | to determine whether dogs and cats are potential reservoirs of ross river (rr) and barmah forest (bf) viruses | 2002 | 12180886 |
| ross river virus infection in the north-west outskirts of the sydney basin. | in early 1997, 69 cases of ross river virus infection were reported in the north-western outskirts of sydney. this represents a substantial increase over the maximum of 12 cases reported in any one year since 1991. the majority of cases (71%) are thought to have been locally acquired. this is the first reported outbreak of ross river virus infection in this area and highlights the need for metropolitan health services to be vigilant about a disease that has primarily been associated with rural a ... | 1998 | 9648366 |
| arbovirus infections of humans in high-risk areas of south-eastern australia: a continuing study. | to determine the current immune status of high-risk populations of new south wales and victoria to the arboviral pathogens, murray valley encephalitis (mve) and kunjin (kun) viruses, which are associated with australian encephalitis (ae), and ross river (rr) and kokobera (kok) viruses which are associated with polyarthritis. further, to estimate seroconversion rates to these viruses in high-risk populations over the 10-year period 1981-1991. | 1993 | 8393128 |
| ross river virus activity along the south coast of new south wales. | the sera of 468 blood donors and 63 domestic animals, collected from the south coast of new south wales, were tested for the presence of antibodies to ross river virus. antibodies were detected in 7% of human sera, 25% of cow sera and 65% of horse sera. using the blood donors as 'human sentinels', seroconversions were demonstrated in two donors from the nowra-kiama region and from a patient in the same area; none of the three had been outside of the study area during the period of seroconversion ... | 1982 | 6303286 |
| arboviruses of coastal south-eastern australia. | during investigations of epidemic polyarthritis at nelson bay, new south wales, 12 strains of ross river virus, the causative agent, were recovered from pools of mosquitoes. in addition, the mosquito pools yielded 9 strains of the flavivirus edge hill, 4 strains of a bunyavirus, gan gan, 1 strain of an orbivirus tilligerry, and 1 strain of an ungrouped probable arbovirus, yacaaba. the latter 3 viruses were found to be antigenically distinct from previously recorded arboviruses. a case of epidemi ... | 1980 | 6108758 |
| arbovirus infections in humans in new south wales. seroepidemiology of the alphavirus group of togaviruses. | a seroepidemiological study of the prevalence of antibodies to alphaviruses (ross river [rrv], sindbis [sin] and getah [get] viruses) was carried out on 16 842 specimens of sera collected during 1981 and 1982 from individuals of all ages living in all health regions of new south wales. prevalence rates were found to be low in the major coastal cities of sydney, newcastle and wollongong, and in the whole of the tablelands. in coastal populations, the rates were highest in the far and mid north co ... | 1984 | 6094993 |
| annually recurrent epidemic polyarthritis and ross river virus activity in a coastal area of new new south wales. i. occurrence of the disease. | | 1973 | 4197954 |
| annually recurrent epidemic polyarthritis and ross river virus activity in a coastal area of new south wales. ii. mosquitoes, viruses, and wildlife. | | 1973 | 4146218 |
| a major outbreak of epidemic polyarthritis in new south wales during the summer of 1983/1984. | a large outbreak of epidemic polyarthritis (epa) caused by ross river virus (rrv) occurred in new south wales in the summer of 1983/1984. the total number of cases was unknown, but 1196 cases were confirmed by laboratory tests. most patients came from the area west of the dividing range, with especially large numbers in the murrumbidgee irrigation area. cases were reported from october 1983 to june 1984, with 60% of cases occurring in january and february. the seasonal pattern was similar throug ... | 1985 | 4046944 |
| mosquito (diptera: culicidae) and arbovirus activity on the south coast of new south wales, australia, in 1985-1988. | an investigation of the seasonal activity of adult mosquitoes and arboviruses in two native forests revealed a mosquito fauna comprising 33 species for the mogo state forest-batemans bay locality and 34 species for the termeil state forest. the mosquito aedes vigilax was the most abundant species in salt marshes at mogo state forest-batemans bay, whereas the freshwater species anopheles annulipes s.l. and coquillettidia linealis were most abundant at termeil state forest. major faunal difference ... | 1991 | 1685192 |
| dispersal of adult females of culex annulirostris in griffith, new south wales, australia. | the dispersal of culex annulirostris, a major arbovirus vector in australia, was studied in griffith, n.s.w. using a mark-release-recapture technique. from an empirical model of dispersal, fitted to data on recaptured adults, the average distance dispersed was 6.8 km (95% c.l. 4.1-40.9 km), and 50% of the population dispersed 4.8 km or more. maximum recorded dispersal was 8.7 km, and 2 individuals traveled more than 5 km in 1 day. the relevance of the findings to control strategy is discussed. | 1992 | 1331320 |
| serological evidence of inter-epidemic infection of feral pigs in new south wales with murray valley encephalitis virus. | the sera of 617 feral pigs, collected from three widely separated areas of northern and central new south wales, were examined for antibody to murray valley encephalitis (mve) virus and to ross river virus. haemagglutination-inhibition (hi) antibody was detected to mve in 58% of sera and to ross river virus in 15% of sera. neutralization tests suggested that the mve hi antibody resulted from infection with mve virus in the summers of 1971-1972 and 1972-1973 when the virus was not known to be act ... | 1976 | 1016127 |
| antigenically distinct strains of ross river virus from north queensland and coastal new south wales. | ross river virus strains recovered from north queensland and the central coast of new south wales can be clearly discriminated by the use of a short incubation haemagglutination inhibition test. antigenic homology of strains within these regions and heterology between the regions seem unaffected by time, passage history, adaptation to laboratory mice and the nature of the original source material yielding the strains. it is concluded that the two antigenic types are enzootic to their respective ... | 1977 | 71141 |
| vector competence of three australian mosquitoes, verrallina carmenti, verraullina lineata, and mansonia septempunctata (diptera: culicidae), for ross river virus. | the vector competence of verrallina carmenti (edwards), verrallina lineata (taylor), and mansonia septempunctata (theobald) (diptera: culicidae) from north queensland, australia, was tested using two isolates of ross river virus (family togaviridae, genus alphavirus, rrv). all three species were tested using rrv isolate rr102mp (ex-cairns, queensland, australia), whereas ve. carmenti and ve. lineata also were tested using rr2186 (ex-bourke, new south wales, australia). transmission was tested us ... | 2008 | 18714876 |
| arboviruses isolated from mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban areas of eastern australia. | to determine the presence of arboviruses in mosquito populations from major urban areas of eastern australia, a total of 67,825 mosquitoes, representing -60 species, was collected and tested from cairns, brisbane, and sydney between january 2005 and april 2008. mosquito pools were screened by inoculation onto mosquito cell cultures and the detection of viral antigen using a panel of flavivirus and alphavirus monoclonal antibodies in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. suspect positive samples ... | 2009 | 19852216 |
| ross river virus disease in inland nsw: higher than average notifications in 2007-08. | this study showed that ross river virus notifications in the greater western area health service of nsw were higher in 2007-08 than any other financial year for the 1997-2009 period. the study also examined the epidemiology of those notifications. notification and population data were retrieved from the nsw health notifiable diseases database and hoist populations library respectively. age-standardised notification rates were highest in bogan, bourke, brewarrina, gilgandra, narromine, walgett an ... | 2010 | 21426855 |
| spatial-temporal epidemiological analyses of two sympatric, co-endemic alphaviral diseases in queensland, australia. | the two most reported mosquito-borne diseases in queensland, a northern state of australia, are ross river virus (rrv) disease and barmah forest virus (bfv) disease. both diseases are endemic in queensland and have similar clinical symptoms and comparable transmission cycles involving a complex inter-relationship between human hosts, various mosquito vectors, and a range of nonhuman vertebrate hosts, including marsupial mammals that are unique to the australasian region. although these viruses a ... | 2011 | 21466385 |
| ross river virus infection on the north coast of new south wales. | a retrospective follow-up survey was undertaken of residents of the north coast of new south wales infected with ross river virus in 1992. the aims of the study were to describe the epidemiology and acute symptomatology of ross river virus infection, its natural history during the first 12 months of infection, and its effects on those infected. questionnaires were distributed to both cases and their medical practitioners. of 129 people infected, aged between six and 85 years, 81 (63 per cent) we ... | 1996 | 8799074 |
| a review of recommendations on the safe and effective use of topical mosquito repellents. | mosquito-borne disease is an annual problem in australia, with endemic pathogens such as ross river virus infecting thousands of people each year. the recent emergence of zika virus in south america and the pacific, together with ongoing outbreaks of dengue viruses in southeast asia, generated great community interest in the most effective strategies to avoid mosquito bites. large-scale mosquito control programs are not common in australia and are limited in new south wales (nsw). the use of top ... | 2016 | 27997936 |
| analysis and prediction of ross river virus transmission in new south wales, australia. | ross river virus (rrv) disease is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease in australia. the disease is maintained in enzootic cycles between mosquitoes and reservoir hosts. during outbreaks and in endemic regions, rrv transmission can be sustained between vectors and reservoir hosts in zoonotic cycles with spillover to humans. symptoms include arthritis, rash, fever and fatigue and can persist for several months. the prevalence and associated morbidity make this disease a medically and econom ... | 2014 | 24745350 |