After two people in the Northern Territory died from Murray Valley encephalitis, health authorities are warning residents and travellers to avoid mosquito bites.
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Only about 82% of two-year-olds are fully immunised against measles, with two doses of the vaccine. This leaves at least one in five unprotected.
Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.
Among those developing the brain swelling known as encephalitis, approximately one-third will die, with the rest likely to experience neurological problems.
With warm weather in Australia, should we be worried too?
West Nile virus arrived in North America in 1999 and spread across the continent by 2005. Here’s what you need to know about this mosquito-borne pathogen.
As with COVID, monkeypox may do more damage than initially thought. A new study looks at the evidence for neurological damage.
Kenya should improve access to life saving vaccines, and train healthcare workers on patient management and best practices.
Around 99% of people infected with JEV will have no or very mild symptoms. But in less than 1% of cases, it can become serious.
Non-specific illnesses, such as headache and fatigue, are common, as are mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
Roald Dahl’s daughter Olivia died of measles aged seven.
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Co-Director, Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA), University of Nairobi. Chancellors Fellow, Institute of Immunonology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh. Associate Professor, Paul G Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University
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Junior Doctor and Dementia Researcher, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, UCL
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PhD Candidate, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi
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Academic Foundation Doctor, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, University of Nairobi
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Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool
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Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Medical Entomologist, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Canterbury