Murray Valley encephalitis -- Australia
Health authorities in the Northern Territory have issued an alert for the potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE).
The virus is a severe infection that causes inflammation of the brain, as well as affecting the nervous system. It is considered rare, part of the same group of viruses as dengue fever and Zika, and there is no vaccine.
Health authorities have kept a close eye on the mosquito-borne virus for years through the use of chickens. Professor Paul
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