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Wednesday, December 06

Doctors warn that big wet likely to bring mozzie-borne disease outbreak

Doctors and scientists are warning of a major outbreak of Japanese encephalitis across Queensland and southern states this summer caused by back-to-back La Niña seasons.

Now a menace from the north: Ross River virus found in south-east Qld

Ross River virus has been detected in Queensland’s southeast, prompting a warning from a state Labor MP who has been living with the incurable disease for 25 years.

A worker sprays wetlands where mosquitoes are known to breed. (Source: Brisbane City Council)

Silent outbreak - mosquito-borne diseases worst in five years

Urban areas of Queensland are experiencing the biggest outbreak of debilitating mosquito-borne diseases in five years.