The following are acknowledged for their efforts in the Arbovirus Program:

Glenis Lloyd (Environmental Health Branch, NSW Health, Gladesville); Tony Kolbe & Terry Carvan (Centre for Public Health, Albury); Dr Jeanine Liddle & Peter Tissen (Mid Western NSW Public Health Unit, Bathurst); Dr Steve Conaty & Warren Matthews (NSW Health, South East Regional Office, Goulburn); Dr Victor Carey, Heather Bell, Steve Cleaver, Sean Gibney, Kerryn Allen & Julienne Richardson (Mid North Coast Public Health Unit, Port Macquarie); Dr Hugh Burke, Scott McGufficke & Tim Short (Broken Hill Public Health Unit); Dr Peter Lewis, Robert Reimer and John Murray (Central Coast Public Health Unit, Gosford); Craig Dalton, John James, Nicole Badger (Hunter Public Health Unit, Newcastle); Christine Robertson, Greg Bell, K. Taylor, Charles Rablin & Anne Braithwaite (New  England Public Health Unit, Tamworth); Dr John Beard & John Simpson (Northern Rivers Institute of Health and Research, Lismore); Dr Michael Douglas & Stewart Innes (Western NSW Public Health Unit, Dubbo); Dr Krishna Hort & Tim Brokenshire (Western Sector Public Health Unit, Penrith); James Allwood & Mark Verbarken (Albury City Council); Graham Plumb, K. Walkington, Tim Fitzroy, McMillian & Don Apps (Ballina Shire Council, Ballina); Peter Campbell, Greg Cooney & Les Clark (Eurobodalla Shire Council, Batemans Bay); Leonie Martin (Rural Lands Board, Bourke); Matt Amos (Dept. Agriculture, Bourke); Jeff Evans (NSW Dept. Agriculture, Broken Hill); Steve Sawtell & Karen Carter (Coffs Harbour Shire Council); Rhonda Smith & Terry O'Conner (Deniliquin Municipal Council, Deniliquin); Brett Acheson (Forbes Shire Council, Forbes); John Cavanagh & Greg Pevitt (Great Lakes Shire Council, Forster); Barry White & Ruth Galvin (Gloucester Shire Council, Gloucester); Bob Crawford & David Sanders (Griffith Shire Council, Griffith); Michael Cotrell-Domes (Gunnedah Shire Council); Gary Baldry, Jenny Duffy, Rachel Gumming, Bruce Earl, Adriana, D. Wallace (Hawkesbury City Council); Gerald Jeffery & Bruce Casselden (Kempsey Shire Council, Kempsey); Brian McKellar, Trevor Turner, Gary Stolle & Ben Lang (Leeton Shire Council, Leeton); Richard Floyd, & Paul Garnett (Maclean Shire Council, Maclean); Sue & Ray Jones (NPWS, Macquarie Marshes, Quambone); Ron Williams (Menindee); Dawn Sverdrupsen (Bega Valley Shire Council, Merimbula); Anthony Brandie & David Basso (Moree Plains Shire Council, Moree); Andrew Gibbes & Kelie Lowe (Shoalhaven City Council, Nowra & Ulladulla); Mike Randall, Warrick Hay and Stephen Fedorow (Parramatta Council); Angela Daly & Peter Hall (Pittwater Council); Stuart Nunn (Penrith City Council); Rick Harris & Ken Bunn (Port Stephens Shire Council, Raymond Terrace); Rex Hamilton, Alison Moknay & Gith Strid (Ryde Council); Jessie Heyo & Jeff Lee (Sutherland Shire Council); Andrew Very, Allen Eyb, M. Laverty (Greater Taree City Council); Andrew Laurie, Abelia Laurie & Daniel Madigan (Bega Valley Shire Council, Kalaru); Clive Easton (Tweed Shire Council, Murwillumbah); Gavin Heycox (Shoalhaven City Council, Ulladulla); Brian Crane (Warren Shire Council, Warren); Malcolm Hare & Leah Kerr (Wentworth Shire Council, Wentworth); Tony Anderson, Merv Bushby & Brian Vaughan (Narrabri Shire Council, Wee Waa & Narrabri). Our apologies to anyone inadvertently omitted.

Human case numbers and epidemiological information were obtained from the NSW Health Department and the NSW Notifiable Diseases database. The input of Dr Ross Mathews, Director of Animal Care, Westmead Hospital in the implementation of the chicken surveillance program is greatly appreciated. We are grateful to the Arbovirus Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, particularly Dr Annette Broom and Dr Michael Lindsay for the supply of monoclonal antibodies.

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