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 Hugh Burke; Dr Peter Lewis, Robert Reimer, John Murray & Adam McEwan (Central Coast Public Health Unit, Gosford); 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 & Mark Bartlett (Western NSW Public Health Unit, Dubbo); Dr Krishna Hort (Western Sector Public Health Unit, Penrith); James Allwood & Mark Verbarken (Albury City Council); Graham Plumb, K. Walkington, Tim Fitzroy, Bill & Jenny Breen, Mary & Don Apps (Ballina Shire Council, Ballina); Kevin Edwards (Boggabilla); Graham Liehr (Blue Mountains City Council); Laurie Collins (Bourke Shire Council); Linda & Clarrey George (Bourke & Fords Bridge); Tim Vollner (Brewarrina Shire Council); Jeff Evans (NSW Dept. Agriculture, Broken Hill); Rhonda Smith & Terry O'Conner (Deniliquin Municipal Council, Deniliquin); Paul Bennett, Matthew Teale (Forbes Shire Council, Forbes); Clarry & Linda George (Fords Bridge); Brent McAlister, Douglas Burke, Martin Hebold, David Sanders (Griffith Shire Council, Griffith);  Lyndon Hughes (Gunnedah Shire Council); Gary Baldry, Diane Tierney, Andrew Matthews, Scott Antcliff, Adriana Genova, (Hawkesbury City Council); Matthew White (Lachlan Shire Council); John Reberger (Lake Cargelligo); Brian McKellar, Tony Tiffen, Trevor Turner, Gary Stolle & Ben Lang (Leeton Shire Council, Leeton); the McLellan family (especially Linda) (Macquarie Marshes); L. Rodgers & Scott Whitehouse (Moree Plains Shire Council, Moree); Darren Honnery, Tony Anderson, Merv Bushby & Brian Vaughan (Narrabri Shire Council, Wee Waa & Narrabri); Mike Randall, Haley & Matt (Parramatta Council); Belinda Comer, Kelly Demattia (Penrith City Council); Rick Harris, Gary Byrne, Graeme Pritchard & Leigh Ernst (Port Stephens Shire Council, Raymond Terrace); Rex Hamilton & Gith Striid (Ryde Council); Clive Easton (Tweed Shire Council, Murwillumbah); M. Jeffrey (Walgett Hospital); Kelly & Bob Bilek, Richard Cooper (Wanaaring); Matthew & Wendy Revell (Wee Waa). Our apologies to anyone inadvertently omitted.

Dr Peter Kirkland of the NSW Department of Agriculture, EMAI, Menangle, kindly supplied the results of the opportunistic tested conducted by NSW Agriculture. 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, for the supply of monoclonal antibodies and for confirmation of serologically positive chickens.

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