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 Paul van Buynder & Warren Matthews (NSW Health, South East Regional Office, Goulburn); Dr Hugh Burke, Scott McGufficke & Mark Nolan (Broken Hill Public Health Unit); Dr Peter Lewis, Robert Reimer and John Murray (Central Coast Public Health Unit, Gosford); Dr Craig Dalton, John James & Nicole Badger (Hunter Public Health Unit, Newcastle); Christine Robertson, Greg Bell, K. Taylor, Charles Rablin & Peter Blackmore (New  England Public Health Unit, Tamworth); Dr John Beard & John Simpson (Northern Rivers Institute of Health and Research, Lismore); Dr Marion Carey & 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, Bill & Jenny McMillian, Mary & Don Apps (Ballina Shire Council, Ballina); Peter Campbell (Eurobodalla Shire Council, Batemans Bay); Graham Liehr (Blue Mountains City Council); Scott Riley (Bourke Shire Council); Matt Amos (Dept. Land & Water Cons., Bourke); Tim Vollner (Brewarrina Shire Council); Jacqui Burcham (Collarenebri Hospital); Jeff Evans (NSW Dept. Agriculture, Broken Hill); Nancye Dodgson (Condobolin); Rhonda Smith & Terry O'Conner (Deniliquin Municipal Council, Deniliquin); Brett Acheson (Forbes Shire Council, Forbes); Clarry & Linda George (Fords Bridge); Brent McAlister, Douglas Burke, David Sanders (Griffith Shire Council, Griffith); Michael Cottrel-Dormer (Gunnedah Shire Council); Gary Baldry, Jenny Duffy, Rachel Cumming, Bruce Earle, Adriana Genova, S. McLaughlin, Corey Stoneham (Hawkesbury City Council); Matthew White (Lachlan Shire Council); Brian McKellar, Tony Tiffen, Trevor Turner, Gary Stolle & Ben Lang (Leeton Shire Council, Leeton); Sue & Ray Jones (NPWS, Macquarie Marshes, Quambone); L. Rodgers, Anthony Brandie, David Basso & K. Edwards (Moree Plains Shire Council, Moree); Mike Randall & Warrick Hay (Parramatta Council); Stuart Nunn (Penrith City Council); Rick Harris, Maria Edmonds & Gary Byrne (Port Stephens Shire Council, Raymond Terrace); Rex Hamilton & Alison Moknay (Ryde Council); Andrew Laurie (Bega Valley Shire Council, Kalaru); Les Burke (Tibooburra); Clive Easton (Tweed Shire Council, Murwillumbah); M. Jeffrey (Walgett Hospital); Richard Cooper (Wanaaring); 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. Malcolm Hare, Mildura City Council, kindly supplied the Teachers Resource Kit for the NSW Arbovirus Program web site.

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