Sttmmtry.Ml.MS mosquitoes and 4^53 ofhcr anhropods coltcctetJ at three cenires in QueenslaiKJ in I972>1976 yiekfcd ISl strains or 18 viruses. CuJex annuiirossm was the m^jor source of virus noUtion but 42 strains from AeJes nurmoitemis indicate it IO Iw a vector of importance. Ross River and Kokobera viruses *trc isdatod at Kownnyama in the dry season, a finding of inicmt a^ being compariNc %kith yearround \urvival in vector-vertebrate cyiiies. Cule.v fatigam has in pan replaced Culex an/iuliroitrii in pchdomestic breedmg sites at Kouanyama: the inrrcquency or virus botatlon from ii ^uggc^I^ that this replacement may lower arK>viriis infcLtian rales. Twelve Mrainv were iJcntified as viruses antigenically diMlnci from any previously Motnted in Australia or NCNV Guinea: 0)16129. shown by the Intcrniitional Reference Centre for Arboviruses to be a previously undescribed nKnibcr of the Sinibu Group (f-awy's Paddock virus). Chl631.1 (Murwch). ChI9.S20 (Parker's I arm) iitid Chl9546 (Little Sussex). The remaining strains were idcntilicd ns viruses previously known in Au-ilrnthi, hut included many new host or geographical record**.
Equipment and methods for the collection, handling and sorting of Ceratopogonidae for virus isolation are described. The desirability of processing living females of suitable physiological age is emphasized and the need for flexibility in the use of collection methods is discussed. The same procedures have been successfully applied to Phlebotomus and Simuliidae.
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