I’ll assume that is sharing my pain (as opposed to the newly mosquito infested Iceland and their itchy bites) 🦟

Well, the good news is I can now set my sights on Antarctica! ❄️🦟🥶

Sending some good vibes from down here Don 🦟

Thanks for sharing! 🦟

You should be eligible for a JE vaccination given you work in a high mosquito activity area https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/jev/Pages/vaccination.aspx

Broadscale mosquito control may not be a practical option to reduce the risk of Japanese encephalitis virus but how the community accesses Japanese encephalitis vaccination will need to be reviewed for coming seasons. Surveillance of mosquitoes and arboviruses in urban areas must continue!

The detection of Japanese encephalitis in a coastal location AND a heavily populated urban environment should shift the way we assess public health risks and responses of health authorities. This not only includes SE QLD but also northern NSW...

In 2024-2025, JEV has been active despite low mosquito and waterbirds. General consensus was that MVEV (and consequently Japanese encephalitis virus) didn't pose a risk to coastal regions (including metropolitan areas) due to lower mosquito and waterbird populations in local environment...

Its generally thought that Japanese encephalitis virus appeared and spread so widely in 2021-202 due to the flooding brought on by arrival of La Nina conditions across Murray Darling Basin; this brought a boom in waterbird and mosquito activity. This theory aligns with what we know of MVEV...

Japanese encephalitis virus is a flavivirus and, notwithstanding dengue, there are two similar endemic viruses that inform much of what we know about likely transmission cycles: Murray Valley encephalitis and Kunjin viruses; MVEV causes serious disease with potential fatal outcomes...