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Advice for School Students in the Torres and NPA

As a school student in Torres and NPA, use these links to find out more about dengue in your community:

Home Check List
Use this check list around your home to find dengue mosquito breeding sites.

Dengue Brochures
See the brochures, stickers, postcards that help get the dengue message out.

Local Environmental Health Officers
This page tells you who you can contact in your community to find out more about dengue.

Website Links for Further Research

Mosquitoes
Mosquito and Arbovirus Research Committee (Australia)
Queensland Institute of Medical Research - Mosquito
Department of Medical Entomology

Japanese Encephalitis
Department of Medical Entomology - Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Japanese Encephalitis Fact Sheet Queensland Health

Malaria
Malaria Fact Sheet Queensland Health
Department of Medical Entomology - Malaria

Dengue
World Health Organization - Animated Lifecycle of the Dengue Mosquito
World Health Organization/TDR - Dengue
World Health Organization - Dengue