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PRO/AH> Ross River virus – Australia (04): (WA)

Ross River Virus -- AustraliaMore than 200 West Australians have been infected with the mosquito-borne Ross River virus [RRV] this year [2017], but experts say the impact of unseasonal rain last month [February 2017] is yet to bite.WA Health Department figures show 222 people were infected in January and February [2017], 75 of them in the [Perth] metropolitan area.The number is more than double the 86 cases in WA at the same time last year [2016] but fewer than the 287 reported in the 1st 2 months Read more [...]