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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Ascertainment of Community Exposure Sites to Ross River Virus During the 2020 Outbreak in Brisbane, Australia.

Tatiana Proboste, Damber Bista, Nicholas J Clark, Sahil Arora, Gregor Devine, Jonathan M Darbro, Deena S Malloy, Daniel Francis, Ricardo J Soares Magalhães

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Tatiana ProbosteQueensland Alliance for One Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5274-7179
Damber BistaInstitute for Life Sciences and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2699-1642
Nicholas J ClarkQueensland Alliance for One Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7131-3301
Sahil AroraQueensland Alliance for One Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
Gregor DevineMosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6312-0390
Jonathan M DarbroMetro North Public Health Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Deena S MalloyMetro North Public Health Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Daniel FrancisMetro North Public Health Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ricardo J Soares MagalhãesQueensland Alliance for One Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9157-8470

Funding

MARCNational Health and Medical Research Council 2008937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated potential Ross River virus (RRV) exposure sites in Greater Brisbane during the Queensland coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown (January-July 2020). Using RRV notifications, cluster identification techniques, and mobile phone data for movement network analysis, the study examined 993 RRV cases and 9 million movement trajectories from residential RRV cluster areas (hot spots). The findings revealed that population movement was a key risk factor to RRV incidence within hot spots, whereby highly interconnected areas had more RRV cases during lockdown. While environmental conditions within RRV hot spots were less significant compared with their connectivity, areas with higher vegetation density had fewer RRV cases. The study also noted that individuals from RRV hot spots spent less time in green areas before lockdown than during and after lockdown. The results suggest that population movement significantly influenced the 2020 RRV outbreak. These insights can help adapt current vector control and surveillance protocols to target areas identified in this study.

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Alphavirus InfectionsDisease OutbreaksRoss River virusAdultAustraliaCOVID-19FemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedQueenslandRisk Factorscluster analysisnetwork analysisRoss River virusspatiotemporal analysisvector-borne disease

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PMID39589115
PMCPMC11911798

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