Open AccessThe Indo‐Papuan conduit: a biosecurity challenge for Northern Australia
Author(s) -
Horwood Paul F.,
McBryde Emma S.,
Peniyamina Dunstan,
Ritchie Scott A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/1753-6405.12808
Subject(s) - biosecurity , quarantine , geography , environmental health , environmental protection , environmental planning , medicine , ecology , biology
Despite Australia’s strict quarantine practices, the northern tropical region of Australia is at risk of the importation of exotic emerging diseases. The region’s hot and humid climate is conducive to year-round production of mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. It is imperative that disease control measures extend beyond Australia’s borders to improve surveillance, laboratory capacity and clinical practices in developing countries in our region.