Importation of Dengue by Soldiers Returning from East Timor to North Queensland, Australia | Zendy

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Importation of Dengue by Soldiers Returning from East Timor to North Queensland, Australia

Author(s) -

Scott Kitchener,

Peter A. Leggat,

Leonard A. Brennan,

Bradley J McCall

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2002.24234

Subject(s) - dengue fever , dengue virus , medicine , serotype , transmission (telecommunications) , outbreak , population , environmental health , public health , virology , electrical engineering , nursing , engineering

Soldiers based in Townsville, Australia, returned from East Timor following peacekeeping operations during the wet season of 1999 to 2000. This represented the potential to import dengue virus into north Queensland, a dengue receptive area of Australia. This article seeks to outline the measures taken by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to prevent local transmission and to present the outcomes.

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