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Ross River cases spike in Cockburn
Lucy Rickard
March 1, 2012 - 10:47AM
A Perth council has issued a warning about mosquito-borne Ross River virus after it emerged that in the area more people have contracted the virus in the past two months than in all of 2011.
In a statement today, the City of Cockburn said it had 62 reported cases of Ross River virus in the area since January 1, almost triple the 21 cases reported in 2011.
There has been a similar rise across the state in the past two months, with 511 cases state-wide since the start of the year. This is more than the total number of cases in all of 2010, when there was just 245...
Warning: Ross River Virus on the rise
23rd March 2012
The number of people contracting the mosquito-spread infection has dramatically increased in Western Australia and Tasmania
Although not fatal, many health authorities are warning travellers to be aware of mosquitoes and the Ross River Virus (RRV). A significant rise in people contracting the disease, has reportedly been caused by recent flooding and consequent swarms of mosquitoes in Western Australia.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has already reported 632 cases in Western Australia and Tasmania this year ? more than double for the same period last year...
Mozzie disease surge for Perth
Cathy O'Leary Medical Editor, The West Australian Updated March 24, 2012, 2:10 am
WA's peak medical group wants the Health Department to have the power to veto residential developments in areas of Perth at high risk of mosquitoes after a record number of cases of Ross River virus.
Doctors have reported 538 cases of the debilitating infection in Perth so far this year, triple the 170 cases at the same time last year.
The Australian Medical Association is blaming the rising rates on housing development approvals in areas near wetlands and bush and says cases will continue to soar unless tighter controls are placed on where people can build...
Ross River cases should fall
ABC June 8, 2012, 11:11 am
The WA Health Department is confident there will be far fewer cases of the mosquito-borne Ross River Virus over the next year, despite a spike in numbers over the past year.
To the end of May the number of cases more than doubled on the previous year, from about 500 to almost 1,200...
Huge rise in Ross River cases
Angela Pownall, The West Australian Updated September 29, 2012, 2:40 am
Outbreaks of a serious mosquito-borne disease have exploded in WA this year, with five times more people contracting Ross River virus than three years ago.
The virus, which can leave victims with a lifetime of debilitating symptoms and side-effects, infected 1570 people across the State in 2011-12.
Public health officials in Mandurah branded the 2011-12 mosquito season the worst on record.
WA cases of Ross River virus reached 332 in 2009-10 and the number more than doubled to 770 in 2010-11.
Department of Health entomologist Peter Neville said there had been more mosquitoes over the past two years...
