Two people have died and ten more are ill with a rare mosquito-borne virus called Japanese encephalitis. It's almost never seen in mainland Australia but wet weather is thought to be driving more mosquitoes - and the virus - south. One of the ten is currently fighting for his life in a Melbourne hospital. His wife sat down with reporter Nadia Daly.

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