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Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE)
Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE)
Statutory notification
Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) is a notifiable infectious disease in Western Australia.
Alert:
cases must be reported urgently by telephone to the
public health units (Healthy WA)
within a few hours of first suspicion of diagnosis.
See
notifiable communicable disease case definitions (Word 1.29MB)
for MVE.
Notifications should be made using the communicable disease notification form for
metropolitan residents (PDF 209KB)
or
regional residents (PDF 208KB)
.
For notification of regional residents see contact details of
public health units
.
See also description of
statutory medical notifications in Western Australia
.
Public health management
Important information
Infectious agent
: MVE virus.
Transmission
: Mosquito-borne.
Incubation period
: 5 to 28 days (usually 7 to 12 days).
Infectious period
: Not applicable. No evidence of person to person transmission
Case exclusion
: Do not exclude.
Contact exclusion:
Do not exclude.
Treatment:
Varies according to symptoms, refer to doctor.
Immunisation
: None available.
Case follow up
: Is conducted by
public health units (Healthy WA)
and the Communicable Disease Control Directorate.
Guidelines for health providers
Murray Valley Encephalitis fact sheet (Healthy WA)
Guidelines for public health units
Murray Valley Encephalitis virus – National Guidelines for Public Health Units (external site)
Framework for the surveillance, prevention and control of Murray Valley Encephalitis virus in Australia (external site)
Murray Valley Encephalitis fact sheet (Healthy WA)
Murray Valley Encephalitis public health unit checklist (Word 192KB)
Murray Valley Encephalitis case investigation form (Word 399KB)
Murray Valley Encephalitis reference laboratories (Word 565KB)
Notifiable disease data and reports
Notifiable infectious disease dashboard
General infectious disease reports
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Public Health
Related links
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