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Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
Research

Epidemiologic, Entomologic, and Virologic Factors of the 2014–15 Ross River Virus Outbreak, Queensland, Australia

Cassie C. Jansen, Martin A. Shivas, Fiona J. May, Alyssa T. Pyke, Michael B. Onn, Kerryn Lodo, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Jamie L. McMahon, Brian L. Montgomery, Jonathan M. Darbro, Stephen L. Doggett, and Andrew F. van den HurkComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Government Department of Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia (C.C. Jansen, K. Lodo); Brisbane City Council, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia (M.A. Shivas, M.B. Onn); Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Windsor, Queensland, Australia (F.J. May); Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Government Department of Health, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia (A.T. Pyke, S. Hall-Mendelin, J.L. McMahon, A.F. van den Hurk); Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Coopers Plains (B.L. Montgomery); Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer, Herston (J.M. Darbro); University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (S.L. Doggett)

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Figure 4

Ross River virus (RRV) notifications by week, Brisbane local government area, Queensland, Australia, July 1, 2011–June 30, 2015 (A), and July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015 (B). Symbols in panel B represent single detection events: red triangles, RRV RNA detection from Flinders Technology Associates cards by real-time reverse transcription PCR; blue diamonds, RRV RNA detection from mosquito pools by real-time reverse transcription PCR; and black square, RRV detection from mosquito pools by cell culture E

Figure 4. Ross River virus (RRV) notifications by week, Brisbane local government area, Queensland, Australia, July 1, 2011–June 30, 2015 (A), and July 1, 2014–June 30, 2015 (B). Symbols in panel B represent single detection events: red triangles, RRV RNA detection from Flinders Technology Associates cards by real-time reverse transcription PCR; blue diamonds, RRV RNA detection from mosquito pools by real-time reverse transcription PCR; and black square, RRV detection from mosquito pools by cell culture ELISA. Also in panel B, the black line above the graph indicates when Flinders Technology Associates cards were deployed and gray line when mosquito pools were being collected and screened for RRV infection. Mosquitoes acquired from traps in weeks 10 and 11 were damaged by rain; thus, RRV-positive mosquito parts might have stuck to RRV-negative mosquitoes and turned some pools artificially positive.

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