| Author(s) |
Kurucz N
Whelan PI
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| Publication Date |
2009-04
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| Abstract |
A 58 year old male from Batchelor (Miles Rd) was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital on 10/3/09 with suspected MVE (suspected onset date 8/3/09). A RDH doctor informed Medical Entomology (ME) of the suspected case on 13/3/09 but advised that test results were still pending. The patient remained in ICU for 10 days and passed away on 20/3/09. ME received the Flavivirus Disease Case Investigation Form from CDC on 24/3/09. Later test results indicated a significant rise in antibodies in the HI test and MVE IgM in the CSF, with MVE-RNA detected in multiple postmortem brain samples on 1/4/09. According to the patient’s wife, her husband was bitten by mosquitoes on his rural property but had not been to Litchfield Park or any other rural areas.
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| Link | |
| Publisher |
Medical Entomology, DHF
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| Subject |
Insects
Mosquitoes
Batchelor
Arboviruses
Disease vectors
Encephalitis
Surveys
Monitoring
Virus isolation
Virology
Public awareness
Rural
Public health
Medical Entomology
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| Title |
A confirmed case of fatal Murray Valley encephalitis acquired in the Batchelor area, NT
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| Type of document |
Technical Report
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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| Name | Size | format | Description | Link |
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| batchelor case vers june 09.pdf | 253.745 KB | application/pdf | View document | |