Deaths associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever: the first in Australia in over a century

McBride, William John Hannan

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06889.x

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“…Transmission has occurred only in urban areas in north‐eastern parts of the country (Box 1), with the most southerly record in Charters Towers (20°S). Overall, there have been at least 25 outbreaks, producing more than 3000 confirmed cases (Queensland Health, unpublished data), and two deaths in 2004 17 …”

Section: Virus Distribution: Historical and Currentmentioning

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Dengue and climate change in Australia: predictions for the future should incorporate knowledge from the past

Russell

Currie

Lindsay

et al. 2009

Medical Journal of Australia

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Dengue transmission in Australia is currently restricted to Queensland, where the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti is established. Locally acquired infections have been reported only from urban areas in the north‐east of the state, where the vector is most abundant. Considerable attention has been drawn to the potential impact of climate change on dengue distribution within Australia, with projections for substantial rises in incidence and distribution associated with increasing temperatures. However, historical data show that much of Australia has previously sustained both the vector mosquito and dengue viruses. Although current vector distribution is restricted to Queensland, the area inhabited by A. aegypti is larger than the disease‐transmission areas, and is not restricted by temperature (or vector‐control programs); thus, it is unlikely that rising temperatures alone will bring increased vector or virus distribution. Factors likely to be important to dengue and vector distribution in the future include increased dengue activity in Asian and Pacific nations that would raise rates of virus importation by travellers, importation of vectors via international ports to regions without A. aegypti, higher rates of domestic collection and storage of water that would provide habitat in urban areas, and growing human populations in northern Australia. Past and recent successful control initiatives in Australia lend support to the idea that well resourced and functioning surveillance programs, and effective public health intervention capabilities, are essential to counter threats from dengue and other mosquito‐borne diseases. Models projecting future activity of dengue (or other vector‐borne disease) with climate change should carefully consider the local historical and contemporary data on the ecology and distribution of the vector and local virus transmission.

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Section: Virus Distribution: Historical and Currentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dengue and climate change in Australia: predictions for the future should incorporate knowledge from the past

Russell

Currie

Lindsay

et al. 2009

Medical Journal of Australia

109

107

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“…Phylogenetic analyses of viral isolates revealed, however, that this epidemic was actually three concurrent epidemics caused by distinct genotypes of Dengue 2 19 . The epidemic was also notable for the first reports of deaths due to DHF since the early 19th century 20 …”

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Dengue fever: is it endemic in Australia?

McBride

2010

Internal Medicine Journal

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“…An historical review of hospital records from 1995 to 2000 revealed no evidence of previous epidemic or sporadic DHF and the authors suggested that the outbreak represented the first instance of epidemic dengue virus transmission. There are no data on DENV transmission in the southern coastal areas of PNG east of Merauke, and no reports of DF or severe dengue, although dengue, including severe dengue, has been reported in the neighbouring Torres Strait Islands [19,47] which stretch from the southern coast of PNG to the northern coast of Australia.…”

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Serological evidence for transmission of multiple dengue virus serotypes in Papua New Guinea and West Papua prior to 1963

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Little is known about the natural history of dengue in Papua New Guinea (PNG). We assessed dengue virus (DENV)-specific neutralizing antibody profiles in serum samples collected from northern and southern coastal areas and the highland region of New Guinea between 1959 and 1963. Neutralizing antibodies were demonstrated in sera from the northern coast of New Guinea: from Sabron in Dutch New Guinea (now known as West Papua) and from four villages in East Sepik in what is now PNG. Previous monotypic infection with DENV-1, DENV-2, and DENV-4 was identified, with a predominance of anti-DENV-2 neutralizing antibody. The majority of positive sera demonstrated evidence of multiple previous DENV infections and neutralizing activity against all four serotypes was detected, with anti-DENV-2 responses being most frequent and of greatest magnitude. No evidence of previous DENV infection was identified in the Asmat villages of the southern coast and a single anti-DENV-positive sample was identified in the Eastern Highlands of PNG. These findings indicate that multiple DENV serotypes circulated along the northern coast of New Guinea at different times in the decades prior to 1963 and support the notion that dengue has been a significant yet neglected tropical infection in PNG for many decades.

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Deaths associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever: the first in Australia in over a century

Cited by 33 publications

References 10 publications

Dengue and climate change in Australia: predictions for the future should incorporate knowledge from the past

Dengue and climate change in Australia: predictions for the future should incorporate knowledge from the past

Dengue fever: is it endemic in Australia?

Serological evidence for transmission of multiple dengue virus serotypes in Papua New Guinea and West Papua prior to 1963

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