AU: 2012 Murray Valley encephalitis alerts/cases

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Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-19/woman-diagnosed-with-murray-valley-encephalitis/3782096

Woman diagnosed with Murray Valley encephalitis
Posted January 19, 2012 08:54:56


A potentially fatal virus detected in birds in the Macquarie Marshes has been transmitted to a human.

Health authorities say a woman in north-west New South Wales has contracted this season's first case of Murray Valley encephalitis.

Public health physician Dr Tony Merritt says the disease is rare and the last large outbreak was in 1974.

The disease has also been detected in chickens in the Macquarie Marshes, about 100 kilometres from Brewarrina, Walgett, Nyngan and Coonamble...

 

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Source: http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/story/2012/01/21/dangerous-mozzies-alert/

Dangerous mozzies alert
21st January 2012

CLARENCE Valley residents are being urged to take precautions against mozzies with two people in the New England area recently found to have been infected with potentially dangerous mosquito-borne viruses.

According to the NSW Ministry of Health, one person in the New England area contracted Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE), while another contracted the Kunjin virus - both can result in serious health implications in certain cases.

Fortunately both people experienced only minor symptoms and are now recovering, however, NSW Health's Dr Jeremy McAnulty said it was a good lesson for others...

 

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Source: http://www.theage.com.au/national/mosquitoes-bring-virus-south-with-floodwaters-20120123-1qdue.html

Mosquitoes bring virus south with floodwaters
January 24, 2012

CASES of a deadly mosquito-borne virus increased dramatically in Australia last year, with further outbreaks possible this summer.

Three people died and there were 16 confirmed cases of Murray Valley encephalitis virus in 2011, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia.

According to Jack Richards, of the Victorian Infectious Disease Service at Royal Melbourne Hospital, and his co-authors, the virus is endemic in northern Australia but re-emerged in south-eastern Australia last year after flooding...