Cameron Webb
Contributor at The Conversation
Assoc. Professor Medical Entomology (@NSWHPathology & @Sydney_Uni); author @CSIROPublishing @ConversationEDU; mosquitoes, mosquito-borne disease, wetlands. 🦟
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2 weeks ago |
dailybulletin.com.au | Cameron Webb
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases spread by mosquitoes. Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected and half a million people die from the disease. While mainland Australia was declared malaria-free in 1981, from time to time travellers return to Australia with an infection. Infections from local mosquitoes are incredibly rare. However, last week two cases of locally acquired malaria were reported in the Torres Strait. So what does this mean for local communities?
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2 weeks ago |
medicalxpress.com | Cameron Webb |Sadie Harley |Robert Egan
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases spread by mosquitoes. Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected and half a million people die from the disease. While mainland Australia was declared malaria-free in 1981, from time to time travelers return to Australia with an infection. Infections from local mosquitoes are incredibly rare. However, last week two cases of locally acquired malaria were reported in the Torres Strait. So what does this mean for local communities?
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2 weeks ago |
theconversation.com | Cameron Webb
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases spread by mosquitoes. Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected and half a million people die from the disease. While mainland Australia was declared malaria-free in 1981, from time to time travellers return to Australia with an infection. Infections from local mosquitoes are incredibly rare. However, last week two cases of locally acquired malaria were reported in the Torres Strait. So what does this mean for local communities?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
medicinetoday.com.au | Cameron Webb
A second man has died from Japanese encephalitis virus in New South Wales on March 6, the state’s health authorities confirmed on Friday. Aged in his 70s, the man was infected while holidaying in the Murrumbidgee region. This follows the death of another man in his 70s in Sydney last month, after holidaying in the same region in January.
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Mar 17, 2025 |
independent.co.uk | Cameron Webb
Japanese encephalitis is one of the most serious diseases that spreads via mosquitoesCameron WebbFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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