Ross river fever (epidemic polyarthritis)

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • transmitted by mosquitoes
  • endemic to Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands, New Caledonia and several other islands in the South Pacific.
  • main reservoirs are kangaroos & wallabies
  • mosquito vectors include
    • Culex annulirostris in inland areas
    • Aedes vigilax in northern coastal regions
    • Aedes camptorhynchus in southern coastal regions

Clinical manifestations

Laboratory

Management

  • treatment is symptomatic
  • no vaccine is available

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Ross River Virus (Epidemic polyarthritis) Adelaide Hills Council http://www.ahc.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=608
  2. Wikipedia: Ross River Fever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_River_fever
  3. Factsheet: Ross River Fever http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/factsheets/infectious/rossriver.html