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Confirmed case of Ross River virus infection acquired in Alice Springs March 1995

Series
The Northern Territory Communicable Disease Bulletin
Vol. 2, No. 6
Author(s)
Whelan PI
Krause VL  
Horsburgh K
Sutherland G
Rossiter J
Abstract
There have been a number of cases of epidemic polyarthritis reported from Alice Springs over the last few years, but few have been confirmed as acquired in Alice Springs. This report confirms a case of Ross River virus infection that was acquired by a 48 year old female in mid March on the outskirts of Alice Springs.
Publisher
Medical Entomology DHCS
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Date Issued
1995-06
Type
Journal Article
Subjects
Insects
Mosquitoes
Arboviruses
Ross River virus infections
Northern Territory
Alice Springs
Monitoring
Epidemic polyarthritis
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https://hdl.handle.net/10137/291
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