SynthesisParasites & vectors2018
The non-human reservoirs of Ross River virus: a systematic review of the evidence.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Australian vertebrate hosts of Japanese encephalitis virus: a review of the evidence.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025Pooled it
- Human Seroprevalence for Dengue, Ross River, and Barmah Forest viruses in Australia and the Pacific: A systematic review spanning seven decades.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the potential non-human animal reservoirs and arthropod vectors of the Mayaro virus.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Epidemiological models for predicting Ross River virus in Australia: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Pooled it
- Interpreting mosquito feeding patterns in Australia through an ecological lens: an analysis of blood meal studies.Parasites & vectors · 2019Pooled it
- The Role of Wildlife and Climate Change in the Emergence of One Health-Related Viral Diseases in Australia.Viruses · 2026Review
- Ross River virus transmission, infection, and disease: two and a half decades of research progress-an updated cross-disciplinary review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Unpacking Ross River virus trends in Queensland: Regional insights and predictive modeling.iScience · 2025Article
- Alphavirus nsP2: A Multifunctional Regulator of Viral Replication and Promising Target for Anti-Alphavirus Therapies.Reviews in medical virology · 2025Review
- Mosquito bloodmeals can be used to determine vertebrate diversity, host preference, and pathogen exposure in humans and wildlife.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Synthetic recovery of Yada Yada virus expands insect-specific alphavirus knowledge and facilitates production of chimeric viruses.Npj viruses · 2024Article
- Australian vertebrate hosts of Japanese encephalitis virus; a review of the evidence.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Exposure dynamics of Ross River virus in horses - Horses as potential sentinels (a One Health approach).Epidemiology and infection · 2024Article
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- Testing the intrinsic mechanisms driving the dynamics of Ross River Virus across Australia.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
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- Prediction of Ross River Virus Incidence Using Mosquito Data in Three Cities of Queensland, Australia.Biology · 2023Article
- Fine-scale genomic tracking of Ross River virus using nanopore sequencing.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Susceptibility of Aedes albopictus, Ae. aegypti and human populations to Ross River virus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- A Coupled Human and Natural Systems Framework to Characterize Emerging Infectious Diseases-The Case of Fibropapillomatosis in Marine Turtles.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
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Abstract
Understanding the non-human reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens is critical for effective disease control, but identifying the relative contributions of the various reservoirs of multi-host pathogens is challenging. For Ross River virus (RRV), knowledge of the transmission dynamics, in particular the role of non-human species, is important. In Australia, RRV accounts for the highest number of human mosquito-borne virus infections. The long held dogma that marsupials are better reservoirs than placental mammals, which are better reservoirs than birds, deserves critical review. We present a review of 50 years of evidence on non-human reservoirs of RRV, which includes experimental infection studies, virus isolation studies and serosurveys. We find that whilst marsupials are competent reservoirs of RRV, there is potential for placental mammals and birds to contribute to transmission dynamics. However, the role of these animals as reservoirs of RRV remains unclear due to fragmented evidence and sampling bias. Future investigations of RRV reservoirs should focus on quantifying complex transmission dynamics across environments.
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