Mosquitos annoy in more ways than one: imported infections rise in NZ

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There has been a significant increase in dengue fever in travellers to New Zealand in recent years, along with the more recent arrival of Zika and chikungunya viruses - though no one has yet been infected within our country, write a group of Kiwi researchers. Most cases occurred in Auckland, after people had arrived back from Pacific Islands. The authors conclude that travelling to the Pacific and Southeast Asia poses infection risks, and also lifts the chance of local transmission in future.

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Organisation/s: University of Otago

Funder: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. SA is supported by a University of Otago doctoral scholarship.

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