Wind-blown mosquitoes and introduction of Japanese encephalitis into Australia.
Backtrack simulation analysis indicates that wind-blown mosquitoes could have traveled from New Guinea to Australia, potentially introducing Japanese encephalitis virus. Large incursions of the virus in 1995 and 1998 were linked with low-pressure systems that sustained strong northerly winds from New Guinea to the Cape York Peninsula.
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Tropical Public Unit, Queensland Health, Cairns, Australia.
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D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003465:Culex / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D014919:Wind