As Japan commences its "Golden Week" holiday period when people travel more often and engage in leisure activities, there are concerns the bugs, whose bites cause ... in boiling water or wash ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology and University of Sydney, have been engaged by a wide range of insect ... from mosquito bites. Japanese encephalitis ...

Doctors are urging people to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites as they could lead to contracting the deadly Ross River virus and Japanese encephalitis ... holding water,' Dr Carroll said.