SYDNEY, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — Two males within the northeastern Australian state of Queensland have been hospitalized with uncommon and doubtlessly lethal mosquito-borne viruses.
An aged man from town of Townsville, over 1,000 km northwest of Brisbane, has been admitted to hospital with dengue fever regardless of being vaccinated in opposition to it, marking the area’s first breakthrough in 5 years, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) quoted Queensland well being authorities as saying on Friday.
At the identical time a middle-aged man from Townsville, who lately traveled to southern Queensland, was in hospital with Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV).
It was the primary confirmed human case of JEV in Queensland since 2022.
Townsville Public Health Unit Director Steven Donohue informed reporters on Friday that each males have been in steady situation.
He mentioned that the aged man was unfortunate as a result of native mosquitoes within the Townsville space carry a micro organism that blocks transmission of dengue.
Mosquitoes from the realm the place he was bitten have been collected for evaluation.
Both dengue fever and JEV are forms of flavivirus that may be deadly in uncommon circumstances.
Health authorities within the east coast states of New South Wales and Victoria have issued warnings over JEV in January after detecting it in mosquitoes.