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This included laboratory investigations, associated mosquito vector surveillance, and control measures implemented in response to the outbreak. \nResults: Twenty-one locally-acquired DENV-2 cases were identified during the Rockhampton outbreak (from 23 May to 7 October 2019): 13 laboratory-confirmed and eight probable cases. Clinical symptoms included lethargy (100%); fever (95%); headache (95%); and aches and pains (90%). Inspections of premises demonstrated that &lt;i&gt;Aedes aegypti&lt;\/i&gt; was present in 9.5% of those investigated which was more than half of the premises identified as containing mosquitoes. Nucleotide sequencing of a DENV-2 isolate recovered from the first confirmed case and DENV-2 RNA from an additional 5 patients indicated a single DENV-2 strain was responsible for the outbreak which was most closely related to DENV-2 strains from Southeast Asia. \nConclusions: The 2019 DENV-2 outbreak in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia, likely resulted from the importation of a strain, most closely related to DENV-2 strains from Southeast Asia and is the first reported outbreak in the region specifically implicating DENV-2. Given the presence of &lt;i&gt;Aedes aegypti&lt;\/i&gt; in Rockhampton, appropriate medical and mosquito avoidance advice; ongoing surveillance; and deployment of mosquito control strategies for the prevention of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases should be priorities for this region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.33321\/cdi.2021.45.31","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,14]],"date-time":"2021-06-14T23:00:40Z","timestamp":1623711640000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Re-emergence of dengue virus in regional Queensland: 2019 dengue virus outbreak in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia"],"prefix":"10.33321","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Jacina","family":"Walker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alyssa","family":"Pyke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Florian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fred","family":"Moore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Public Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Smoll","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Odewumi","family":"Adegbija","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arifuzzaman","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rashidul","family":"Hasan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heidi","family":"Carroll","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Communicable Disease Branch, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachael Rodney","family":"Harris","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gulam","family":"Khandaker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"18788","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Bhatt S, Gething PW, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Farlow AW, Moyes CL et al. 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