Abstract
Backtrack simulation analysis indicates that wind-blown mosquitoes could have traveled from New Guinea to Australia, potentially introducing Japanese encephalitis virus. Large incursions of the virus in 1995 and 1998 were linked with low-pressure systems that sustained strong northerly winds from New Guinea to the Cape York Peninsula.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Australia / epidemiology
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Computer Simulation
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Culex / physiology*
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Culex / virology
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Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / isolation & purification
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Encephalitis, Japanese / epidemiology
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Encephalitis, Japanese / transmission*
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Encephalitis, Japanese / virology
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Flight, Animal / physiology*
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Humans
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Insect Vectors / physiology*
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Insect Vectors / virology
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Wind*