Ross River virus infection in a traveller returning from northern Australia

被引：27

作者：

Tappe, Dennis ^{[1
,2
]}

Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas ^{[3
]}

Ries, Angelika ^{[2
]}

Ziegler, Uwe ^{[2
]}

Mueller, Andreas ^{[2
]}

Stich, August ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Hyg & Microbiol, D-97080 Wurzburg, Germany

[2] Med Mission Hosp, Dept Trop Med, D-97067 Wurzburg, Germany

[3] Bernhard Nocht Inst Trop Med, Dept Virol, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany

来源：

MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY | 2009年 / 198卷 / 04期

关键词：

Ross River virus; Arbovirus; Epidemic polyarthritis; Australia; Travel-related infection; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; QUEENSLAND;

D O I：

10.1007/s00430-009-0122-9

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Ross River virus is an arthropod-borne alphavirus (family Togaviridae) causing epidemic polyarthritis in the Australia-Pacific region. The infection causes substantial morbidity due to long-lasting arthralgia. Despite being the most common arboviral infection in Australia, reports in travellers are scarce. Here, we describe the disease in a German traveller who was not aware of the prevalence of this infection in his holiday destination, the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. The patient had neither fever nor rash, but presented with chills, watery diarrhoea and severe, prolonged arthritis.

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页码：271 / 273

页数：3

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