Winter mossie danger
Another article was found in the Perth Sunday Times on June
5th 2011 and was written by Jessica Willoughby. Here is an excerpt
from the article below:
"They can be annoying in summer, but e
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Kimberley child contracts deadly disease
This article was recently seen in the Weekend West Newsapaper
from Perth dated 28-29th May 2011.
"A Kununurra toddler has become the latest victim of a rare
mosquito-borne disease. Murray Vally encephalitis has claimed two
lives in rcent weeks, one in WA's North West and the other in the
Northern Territory.
The two year old who is in a stable condition in Royal DArwin
Hospital, contracted the disease in the Kimberley.
Halls Creek based poilice officer Const. Ryan Marron, 29, has
come out of a coma in a Perth hospital but is still unable to
communicate.
He contracted the virus during a two week relief stint at
Balgo."
