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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2018

Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus: An Ongoing Cause of Encephalitis in Australia's North.

John Floridis, Sarah L McGuinness, Nina Kurucz, Jim N Burrow, Rob Baird, Josh R Francis

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

John FloridisRoyal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Darwin 0810, Australia. john.floridis@nt.gov.au.
Sarah L McGuinnessRoyal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Darwin 0810, Australia. sarah.mcguinness@monash.edu.
Nina KuruczCentre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health, Northern Territory, Darwin 0810, Australia. nina.kurucz@nt.gov.au.
Jim N BurrowRoyal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Darwin 0810, Australia. jim.burrow@nt.gov.au.
Rob BairdRoyal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Darwin 0810, Australia. rob.baird@nt.gov.au.
Josh R FrancisRoyal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Darwin 0810, Australia. josh.francis@nt.gov.au.
Royal Darwin Hospital · AUCharles Darwin University · AUMonash University · AUNorthern Territory Health Services · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) is a mosquito-borne virus endemic to Australia and New Guinea. Encephalitis due to MVEV is potentially devastating, and no therapeutic interventions of proven value exist. Prevention relies largely on personal protective measures against mosquito bites. We present a case of MVEV encephalitis with a favourable outcome following intensive care management and prolonged rehabilitation, and the epidemiological features of a further 21 cases notified to the health department of Australia's Northern Territory. As cases occur in travellers, and epidemics occur sporadically in south-eastern Australia, clinicians across Australia and further abroad should be familiar with the disease and its diagnosis and management.

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Murray Valley encephalitis virussurveillancevector-borne

Identifiers

PMID30274445
PMCPMC6073153
OpenAlexW2799331427

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