An Outbreak of dengue 2 in the Torres Strait

Authors

  • Marlene Griffiths Torres Strait Public Health Program, Queensland Health, PO Box 391 Thursday Island, Queensland 4875
  • Scott Ritchie Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, Queensland
  • Diana Terry Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, Queensland
  • Rob Norton Townsville General Hospital, Townsville, Queensland
  • Debra Phillips Centre for Public Health Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1997.21.7

Keywords:

Torres Strait Islands, outbreak, dengue serotype 2

Abstract

On 9 December 1996, the Centre for Public Health Sciences, Brisbane, notified the Tropical Public Health Unit, Cairns, that a Torres Strait resident had tested positive for dengue serotype 2 IgM. Subsequently there have so far been 116 confirmed cases of dengue in the Torres Strait.

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Published

06/02/19

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Griffiths, Marlene, Scott Ritchie, Diana Terry, Rob Norton, and Debra Phillips. 2019. “An Outbreak of Dengue 2 in the Torres Strait”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 21 (February):33. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1997.21.7.

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Vol. 21 (1997)

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Outbreak report

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