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West Nile virus (subtype kunjin)

Kunjin virus
Kunjin virus, West Nile virus infection - kunjin subtype.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.
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  • Control / Keeping categories
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C3 - Management / Prohibited

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.
  • Applicable area(s):
  • Whole of state

Further action

  • View Import Requirements [1]
  • Read BAM Act 2007 [2]
  • Contact Biosecurity [3]

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Virus [4]
Genome Nature:Positive stranded ss rna [5]
Family:Flaviviridae [6]
Genus:Flavivirus [7]
Subspecies:west nile virus (subtype kunjin) [8]

Author(s):

Not Specified

See also

  • Minister Signed Declaration 2013 (S22 PER-DP) [9]

Navigation

Return to organism search results [10]
Biosecurity and agriculture management homepage [11]

Links
[1] http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/iaquarantine/
[2] http://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2735_homepage.html
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/form/biosecurity-contact-details
[4] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&classification=10
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Positive%20stranded%20ss%20rna
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Flaviviridae
[7] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Flavivirus
[8] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=west%20nile%20virus%20%28subtype%20kunjin%29
[9] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/sites/gateway/files/BAM Decl s22 (Declared Pests).pdf
[10] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Positive%20stranded%20ss%20rna&control=C3&classification=10&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
[11] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantinebiosecurity-governance

Source URL: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms/144365?search_string=Positive%20stranded%20ss%20rna&control=C3&classification=10&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
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