McIver, Lachlan, Xiao, Jianguo, Lindsay, Michael D.A., Rowe, Trenna, and Yun, Grace (2010) A climate-based early warning system to predict outbreaks of Ross River virus disease in the Broome region of Western Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34 (1). pp. 89-90.

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Abstract

[Extract] We note with interest the excellent article by Williams et al. 'Environmental and entomological factors determining Ross River virus activity in the River Murray Valley of South Australia' published in this journal early last year. The efforts of Williams and colleagues to construct local government scale models of Ross River virus (RRV) activity based on environmental and mosquito abundance variables have the potential to lead to effective locally-based early warning systems to predict outbreaks of RRV disease in the study areas. The body of research into the ecological variables related to RRV activity conducted nationally, in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, south-west Western Australia and, more recently, South Australia and the Top End of the Northern Territory appears to confirm that several environmental variables, including rainfall, temperature, humidity, tide height (or even river height as demonstrated in the article by Williams et al.) may be correlated with mosquito abundance and subsequent activity of RRV.

Item ID:	41089
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	1753-6405
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2015 03:10
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1103 Clinical Sciences > 110309 Infectious Diseases @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111706 Epidemiology @ 50%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920109 Infectious Diseases @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920405 Environmental Health @ 50%
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