| 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 |
| 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 |