A wet spring and summer means more mosquitoes but now we've got Japanese encephalitis virus to worry about too

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
A wet spring and summer means more mosquitoes but now we've got Japanese encephalitis virus to worry about tooKevin LEE/Unsplash, CC BY

Mosquitoes are a problem every summer. But the recent arrival of the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus in eastern Australia brings more significant concerns.

There are hundreds of different mosquito species in Australia but only a dozen or so pose a public health threat. Activity of these mosquitoes shifts from...

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