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EpiReview: Arboviruses in NSW, 1991 to 1999 Volume 11 Issue 11

David Muscatello, Jeremy McAnulty

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 11(11) 190 - 192 Published: 2000

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David Muscatello

Jeremy McAnulty

Abstract

Arthropod-borne viruses, or arboviruses, are transmitted mainly by mosquitoes and ticks. Worldwide, more than 100 arboviruses have been recognised as causing disease in humans, representing a subset of an even greater number that circulate in other species. Arboviruses are believed to migrate among animal species (zoonosis), including between animals and humans.