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6 November 2024
Murray Valley encephalitis detected in North East

HEALTH authorities have urged North East residents to remain vigilant in limiting their exposure to mosquitoes this summer, following a detection of the Murray Valley encephalitis virus in an Indigo Shire mosquito last week.

First trapped on January 10, testing of the mosquito later identified the virus, following a number of other detections throughout northern Victoria earlier this month, particu...

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