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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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Table 2

Total rainfall in Brisbane local government area, Queensland, Australia, 2011–2015, compared with long-term average

Reporting year Rainfall, mm* % Long-term average rainfall†
2011–12 1,305 124
2012–13 1,159 110
2013–14 582 55
2014–15 1,595 152

*Rainfall values from the Bureau of Meteorology (17).
†The long-term average rainfall for the reporting years 2000–2015 was 1,049 mm.

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