Barmah Forest Virus
Barmah Forest Virus Is a viral disease from Northern Australia (Victoria).

The risk to travelers is low.

The symptoms are similar to that of Dengue Fever - a flu-like illness (fever, chills, aches, headache).

The symptoms will disappear with time.

Only symptomatic treatment exists.

On line resources are:
Government of Austrailia Child and Youth Health (Austrailia) http://www.cyh.com/cyh/parentopics/usr_index0.stm?topic_id=1804

Center for Disease Control CDC http://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/EID/vol1no1/ascii/lindsay.vol1no1.txt