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Dengue in north Queensland, 2002
Jeffrey N Hanna1, Scott A Ritchie, Susan L Hills
1Tropical Public Health Unit Network, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland. Jeffrey_hanna@health.qld.gov.au
Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report
|September 27, 2003
Abstract:
In 2002 three separate outbreaks of dengue were detected in north Queensland, including the first documented outbreak of dengue 4 in Australia. Molecular analyses identified Thailand and Indonesia as the likely origin of two of the outbreaks. Investigations during 2002 also included a suspected dengue outbreak in the Torres Strait which proved to be a false alarm, and a number of imported cases of dengue in north Queensland.