| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| recent increases in the notification of barmah forest virus infections in new south wales. | | 2004 | 15711614 |
| 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 |
| factsheet: barmah forest virus infection. | | 2002 | 12451416 |
| barmah forest virus epidemic on the south coast of new south wales, australia, 1994-1995: viruses, vectors, human cases, and environmental factors. | in 1995, the largest recorded outbreak of human disease resulting from infection with the mosquito transmitted alphavirus barmah forest (bf) virus occurred along the south coast of new south wales, australia. the virus was first isolated in early january from mosquitoes collected at batemans bay and predisposed the recognition of 135 human clinical cases. the cases of bf virus were identified initially from batemans bay during late january, and the majority (30%) of all cases came from this town ... | 1999 | 10593092 |
| 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 |
| glomerulonephritis secondary to barmah forest virus infection. | clinical infection with barmah forest virus (bfv) is becoming increasingly recognised with serological testing. we report the first case of glomerulonephritis after bfv infection. the patient required diuretic and antihypertensive therapy, but made an almost complete recovery. bfv infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of glomerulonephritis. | 1997 | 9236755 |
| barmah forest virus infections in humans in new south wales. | antibodies to barmah forest virus, a member of the alphavirus group, which was first isolated in 1974, have been found to be widespread in humans in new south wales. antibody studies showed a higher prevalence in the north coastal zones of the state, and lower rates in individuals who were living in all other biophysical zones. antibody rates were significantly higher in male than in female subjects. the pathogenicity of the barmah forest virus is at present not known. | 1987 | 3039324 |
| clinical and subclinical barmah forest virus infection in queensland. | barmah forest virus is a mosquito-borne agent (alphavirus) reported to cause both clinical and subclinical infections in new south wales. this report describes 29 cases of clinical barmah forest virus infection diagnosed between july 1988 and march 1989 (21 from queensland, six from new south wales and two from victoria) and provides evidence of extensive subclinical infection with this virus (0.23% of the population per annum) throughout queensland. it also includes a description of the first i ... | 1990 | 2166224 |
| spatio-temporal patterns of barmah forest virus disease in queensland, australia. | barmah forest virus (bfv) disease is a common and wide-spread mosquito-borne disease in australia. this study investigated the spatio-temporal patterns of bfv disease in queensland, australia using geographical information system (gis) tools and geostatistical analysis. | 2011 | 22022430 |
| 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 |
| barmah forest virus serology; implications for diagnosis and public health action. | barmah forest virus (bfv) is a commonly occurring arbovirus in australia. notifications of barmah forest infections diagnosed by a single positive igm serology test have been increasing in coastal new south wales north of newcastle. we report on a 6 month prospective review of all routine notifications of bfv from the lower mid north coast of new south wales. sera from 37 consecutive cases were sent for confirmatory testing by elisa and neutralisation assays and 32 cases were interviewed. on con ... | 2008 | 18767428 |
| 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 |