Virus now in Auckland
PA Auckland: ■ The Ross River virus, a! ■mosquito-borne disease pre-; ! viously unknown in New | Zealand, appears to have! struck people in Auckland' as well as Wanganui. I The disease, which pro-1 I duces epidemic polyarthritis! land a rash, was first dis-[ [covered in a group from [Wanganui who recently re-, I turned from Fiji.
1: During the last two days! J doctors have told the Medi-! - cal Officer of Health at , Auckland (Dr N. T. Barnett) i they have patients with the I'same symptoms. i “It appears we have some, • cases here,” said Dr Barnett; ilyesterday. The disease causes painful! i; swelling round the joints, i followed by a rash and I sometimes a fever. i
.j li is known to occur in ■(Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and parts of Australia. 1 The virus is spread in Fiji by a type of mosquito which . New Zealand does not have, However, it is feared NewZealand mosquitoes may 'have bitten infected persons i and may now be able to itransmit the disease.
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