Bite by an Aedes mosquito. Source: Getty / BSIP/BSIP/Universal Images Group via
An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus has so far spread to humans in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Although the virus is endemic in Papua New Guinea and parts of the Torres Strait, it is extremely rare to see it in mainland Australia.
An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus has so far spread to humans in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Although the virus is endemic in Papua New Guinea and parts of the Torres Strait, it is extremely rare to see it in mainland Australia.
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