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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about Ross River virus infection and death from Ross River virus infection.
Meaning of Ross River virus infection
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Ross River virus infection means a symptomatic, clinical illness caused by infection with Ross River virus.
Note 1: Ross River virus is transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes.
             Note 2: Typical symptoms of Ross River virus infection include fever with arthralgia, rash, myalgia and lethargy.
(3)          While Ross River virus infection attracts ICD‑10‑AM code B33.1, in applying this Statement of Principles the meaning of Ross River virus infection is that given in subsection (2).
(4)          For subsection (3), a reference to an ICD-10-AM code is a reference to the code assigned to a particular kind of injury or disease in The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Tenth Edition, effective date of 1 July 2017, copyrighted by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, ISBN 978-1-76007-296-4.
Death from Ross River virus infection
(5)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Ross River virus infection, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's Ross River virus infection.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.