Spatial-Temporal Epidemiological Analyses of Two Sympatric, Co-Endemic Alphaviral Diseases in Queensland, Australia | Zendy

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Spatial-Temporal Epidemiological Analyses of Two Sympatric, Co-Endemic Alphaviral Diseases in Queensland, Australia

Author(s) -

Anita Pelecanos,

Peter A. Ryan,

Michelle L. Gatton

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

vector-borne and zoonotic diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.839

H-Index - 73

eISSN - 1557-7759

pISSN - 1530-3667

DOI - 10.1089/vbz.2009.0256

Subject(s) - ross river virus , incidence (geometry) , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , sympatric speciation , ecology , disease , epidemiology , zoology , veterinary medicine , virus , virology , medicine , pathology , physics , electrical engineering , alphavirus , optics , engineering

The two most reported mosquito-borne diseases in Queensland, a northern state of Australia, are Ross River virus (RRV) disease and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) disease. Both diseases are endemic in Queensland and have similar clinical symptoms and comparable transmission cycles involving a complex inter-relationship between human hosts, various mosquito vectors, and a range of nonhuman vertebrate hosts, including marsupial mammals that are unique to the Australasian region. Although these viruses are thought to share similar vectors and vertebrate hosts, RRV is four times more prevalent than BFV in Queensland.

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