1. J M D on Second death from mosquito-borne disease prompts calls for more spraying programs
    J M D J M D Australia says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM

    This is sad news.
    At 83 years of age one wonders if his immune system was high ?  
    Was he diabetic, or suffer from another chronic condition which would exacerbate the MVE symptoms? if bedridden did he die from pneumonia ?

    Being brought up as a child in TNG, we had anti-malarials weekly, slept under mosquito nets, used insect repellant around the ankles in particular,  and also had those mosquito coils burning at night to avoid being bitten by the anopheles.
    The Govt. sprayed villages, etc with DDT,till it was banned.
    We were trained to tip over any receptacle in which rain water had collected, so that the mosq's wouldn't breed in it.
    What is Kunjin ?

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