It usually spreads between people via bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The species is common in central and northern Queensland and can occur in southern parts of the state, usually breeding ...

An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...

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