A review of the epidemiology and surveillance of viral zoonotic encephalitis and the impact on human health in Australia

Title: A review of the epidemiology and surveillance of viral zoonotic encephalitis and the impact on human health in Australia
Creator: Paterson, Beverley J.; Mackenzie, John S.; Durrheim, David N.; Smith, David
Relation: NSW Public Health Bulletin Vol. 22, Issue 5-6, p. 99-104
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB10076
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2011
Description: Human encephalitis in Australia causes substantial mortality and morbidity, with frequent severe neurological sequelae and long-term cognitive impairment. This review discusses a number of highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses which have recently emerged in Australia, including Hendra virus and Australian bat lyssavirus which present with an encephalitic syndrome in humans. Encephalitis surveillance currently focuses on animals at sentinel sites and animal disease or definitive diagnosis of notifiable conditions that may present with encephalitis. This is inadequate for detecting newly emerged viral encephalatides. Hospital-based sentinel surveillance may aid in identifying increases in known pathogens or emergence of new pathogens that require a prompt public health response.
Subject: encephalitis; zoonotic viruses; Hendra virus; bat lyssavirus; Australia
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066525
Identifier: uon:18165
Identifier: ISSN:1034-7674
Language: eng
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