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DURING field investigations by one of us (L. C. R.) there was observed a fairly close relation in season and place with areas of the city of Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, in which an extensive epidemic of dengue fever occurred during the months of December 1953 to March 1954.
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O'CONNOR, J., ROWAN, L. & LAWRENCE, J. Relationships between the Flying Fox (Genus Pteropus) and Arthropod-borne Fevers of North Queensland. Nature 176, 472 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176472a0
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