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Follow the links below to find information about togavirus infections, including Barmah Forest Virus, Ross River Virus and Rubella.
Reviewed February 2009
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Ross River Virus
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Links to information relating to Ross River virus, which causes Ross River fever.
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Measles, Mumps and Rubella
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Links to information on measles, mumps and rubella and immunisation for these diseases.
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Chikungunya virus
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Queensland Health
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Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes. Chikungunya is found mostly in west and east Africa, around the Indian Ocean, Asia, and South East Asia. So far the only cases of Chikungunya in Australia have been found in people recently returned from affected areas.
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Oct 2009
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Barmah Forest virus
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Queensland Health
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Barmah Forest virus is the name given to a virus that is carried by mosquitoes. The mosquito may have contracted the virus from infected marsupials particularly possums, kangaroos and wallabies or from infected humans. The infection is not fatal and all people who develop the disease do recover.
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Oct 2009
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Chikungunya fever fact sheet
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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This page provides some facts about chikungunya. There have been a number of recent outbreaks however, no outbreaks have been recorded in Australia.
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Oct 2006
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Alphavirus and flavivirus laboratory case definitions
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a standard case definition for the diagnosis of diseases which are notifiable in Australia. This page contains the laboratory case definition for alphavirus and flavivirus infections.
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Dec 2004
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