A wet spring and summer means more mosquitoes but now we've got Japanese encephalitis virus to worry about too
- Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
Kevin LEE/Unsplash, CC BYMosquitoes are a problem every summer. But the recent arrival of the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus in eastern Australia brings more significant concerns.
There are hundreds of different mosquito species in Australia but only a dozen or so pose a public health threat. Activity of these mosquitoes shifts from...
