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Local area of the case's workplace.. Shown are: the case's workplace (cross in circle), containerised cargo delivery locations (dash in circle), apron boundaries (dashed line), southern airport boundary (dot and dash line), airplane arrival areas (airplane symbol), routine adult mosquito traps (red circle), and extra case adult mosquito traps (green circle). Image supplied courtesy of Northern Territory Government.
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However, the case worked about 2.5 km distant from the northern side of the airport and the intervening area is a ridge of open expanse including runways and taxiways (Figure 2), and the ecology of this mosquito species suggests it would be unlikely to cross such an open area.