An outbreak of Barmah Forest virus disease in the south‐west of Western Australia
The Medical Journal of AustraliaPublished 1 March 1995
M.D. Lindsay, Cheryl A. Johansen, M. J. Wallace, J. S. Mackenzie, David W. Smith
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The first reported outbreak of Barmah Forest virus disease in the south‐west of Western Australia is described.
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Most BF infections were acquired in the Peel region during spring and early summer of 1993. Aedes camptorhynchus mosquitoes were probably the main vectors. The lack of isolations from mosquitoes before 1993 suggests that the virus may have only recently been introduced (or reintroduced) to the region. It was transmitted under conditions that were apparently not conducive to transmission of RR virus.
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