Health authorities in New South Wales (NSW) and South Australia have warned their residents to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes as flooding and summer weather conditions have caused dangerous mosquito-borne viruses to emerge in the two states. On Jan. 11, NSW Health announced that the potentially fatal Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) virus was detected in…

Researchers in Queensland are trialling a new alternative to the delivery of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine by injecting the inoculation into the top layer of the skin to increase affordability and take-up numbers in Australia. “This potential approach could lower the cost of JE vaccination and protect four times as many people per vaccine…

Japanese encephalitis has been detected at three more South Australian (SA) piggeries, bringing the total number of cases in SA to four. According to a Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) media release on Thursday, the detections were in the local government areas of Murray Bridge, Coorong, Loxton, and Waikerie. South Australia’s Chief…