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Volume 1, Number 1—January 1995
Dispatch

Emergence of Barmah Forest Virus in Western Australia1

Michael D.A. Lindsay, Cheryl A. Johansen, Annette K. Broom, David W. Smith*, and John S. MacKenzie
Author affiliations: Department of Microbiology, The University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA; *State Health Laboratory Services, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA

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Meteorological regions and towns in Western Australia where human cases of Barmah Forest virus disease were reported and Barmah Forest virus was isolated from mosquitoes, 1989-1994. Meteorologic regions: 1. Norht Kimberley; 2. East Kimberley; 3. West Kimberley; 4. Pilbara (De Grey); 5. Pilbara (Fortescue); 6. West Gascoyne; 7. East Gascoyne; 7A. Murchison; 8. North Coastal; 9. Central Costal; 9A. South Coastal; 10. North Central; 10A. South Central; 11. Eucla; 12. Southeast (Goldfields); and 13.

Figure. Meteorological regions and towns in Western Australia where human cases of Barmah Forest virus disease were reported and Barmah Forest virus was isolated from mosquitoes, 1989-1994. Meteorologic regions: 1. Norht Kimberley; 2. East Kimberley; 3. West Kimberley; 4. Pilbara (De Grey); 5. Pilbara (Fortescue); 6. West Gascoyne; 7. East Gascoyne; 7A. Murchison; 8. North Coastal; 9. Central Costal; 9A. South Coastal; 10. North Central; 10A. South Central; 11. Eucla; 12. Southeast (Goldfields); and 13. Northeast (Interior).

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1This report is adapted from and expands on a previous bulletin. (1)

2This species is similar to, but distinct from Coquillettidia linealis, according to E.N. Marks, the leading Culicid taxonomist in Australia.

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