| dengue or kokobera? a case report from the top end of the northern territory. | in early april 1998, the centre for disease control in darwin was notified of a possible case of dengue which appeared to have been acquired in the northern territory. because dengue is not endemic to the northern territory, locally acquired infection has significant public health implications, particularly for vector identification and control to limit the spread of infection. dengue igm serology was positive on two occasions, but the illness was eventually presumptively identified as kokobera ... | 1998 | 9648368 |
| vectors vs. humans in australia--who is on top down under? an update on vector-borne disease and research on vectors in australia. | australia has a diversity of vectors and vector-borne human diseases. mosquito-borne arboviruses are of greatest concern, but there are issues with other vector and pathogen systems. mosquitoes were responsible for more than 35,000 cases of ross river virus during 1991-1997. barmah forest virus is increasing nationwide, and unidentified bunyaviruses suspected of causing illness have been isolated. cases of murray valley encephalitis have occurred in 14 of the past 20 years in northern australia. ... | 1998 | 9673928 |
| genetic diversity of the dengue vector aedes aegypti in australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring. | in february 2004, the discovery of an incursion of the dengue vector aedes aegypti into the town of tennant creek in the northern territory caused concern for the northern territory health authorities who proceeded to implement a commonwealth-funded eradication program. to determine the origin of the incursion, we performed a genetic analysis on ae. aegypti from several queensland and overseas localities. a comparison of dna sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 gene indicated th ... | 2005 | 16220869 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| arboviral diseases and malaria in australia, 2007/08: annual report of the national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee. | the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss) received 8,671 notifications of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in australia for the season 1 july 2007 to 30 june 2008. this represented a 39% increase from the annual average of 6,259 notifications for the previous 5 years. the alphaviruses, barmah forest and ross river, accounted for 7,760 (89%) of these notifications during the 2007/08 season and represents an increase when compared with the mean of the past 5 seasons. detection ... | 2009 | 19877534 |
| arboviral diseases and malaria in australia, 2008-09: annual report of the national arbovirus and malaria advisory committee. | the national notifiable diseases surveillance system received 8,677 notifications of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in australia from 1 july 2008 to 30 june 2009. the alphaviruses, barmah forest and ross river, accounted for 6,574 (78%) of these notifications during 2008-09. there were 1,009 notifications of dengue virus infection locally-acquired in north queensland and 484 notified cases resulted from overseas travel. notification rates of dengue virus infection for 2008-09, regardless of ... | 2010 | 21090179 |