Previous outbreaks in north Queensland
In the 1990s large outbreaks of dengue fever occurred in Townsville/Charters Towers, the Torres Strait, and the Cairns/Mossman area of north Queensland. These outbreaks resulted in a combined total of about 1600 confirmed cases of dengue.
Queensland has a history of dengue epidemics dating back to 1879, most of which occurred in north Queensland. Thirteen notable dengue epidemics have occurred in Queensland since 1885. The first fatality attributed to classical dengue occurred in Charters Towers in 1885 and the first fatality attributed to DHF (Dengue haemorrhagic fever) occurred in the same town during the 1897 epidemic, when Hare (1898) recorded 60 fatalities (30 of those were children).
The table below details the dengue outbreaks in north Queensland since 1990:
|
Year |
Location |
Reported cases |
Duration (days) |
Dengue type |
|
2008 |
Mossman & Port Douglas |
22 |
56 |
3 |
|
2007 |
Townsville |
46 |
49 |
3 |
|
2006 |
Cairns |
29 |
126 |
2 |
|
2006 |
Townsville |
8 |
65 |
3 |
|
2005 |
Townsville |
18 |
128 |
4 |
|
2005 |
Torres |
56 |
35 |
4 |
|
2004 |
Torres |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
2003-04 |
Cairns |
536 |
69 |
2 |
|
2003-04 |
Torres |
356 |
41 |
2 |
|
2003 |
Cairns |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
2003 |
Mareeba |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2003 |
Cairns |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
2002 |
Kuranda |
21 |
10 |
2 |
|
2002 |
Townsville |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
2002 |
Cairns |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
2001 |
Townsville |
9 |
3 |
2 |
|
2000 |
Cairns |
49 |
6 |
2 |
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