Queensland sees mozzie disease spike but ‘most people get no symptoms or mild symptoms’

Queensland has begun to see an increase in mosquito-borne diseases even though “most people get no symptoms or mild symptoms”, says Infectious Diseases Paediatrician Professor Robert Booy.

“It’s only one in a 100 to one in a few 100 people who get it more severely,” he told Sky News Australia.

“The things to really look out for are a headache, a high fever, epileptic fits can sometimes occur, evidence of encephalitis like a sore neck and vomiting.”

Queensland has begun to see an increase in mosquito-borne diseases even though “most people get no symptoms or mild symptoms”, says Infectious Diseases Paediatrician Professor Robert Booy. “It’s only one in a 100 to one in a few 100 people who get it more severely,” he told Sky News Australia. “The things to really look out for are a headache, a high fever, epileptic fits can sometimes occur, evidence of encephalitis like a sore neck and vomiting.”

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