Epidemic polyarthritis in South Australia 1979-1980.

The Medical journal of Australia ·Vol. 2 ·No. 11 ·1980-11-29 ·Pages 626-7

Mudge PR, Lim RS, Moore B, Radford AF

Abstract

During the past season, a further outbreak of Ross River epidemic polyarthritis occurred in South Australia. Significant differences in the epidemiology occurred, which support the hypothesis that the virus is brought to the area by wild birds.

MeSH Terms

Animals Arbovirus Infections/epidemiology Arthritis, Infectious/epidemiology Australia Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology Disease Vectors Humans Ross River virus

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Mudge P R

Lim R S

Moore B

Radford A F

Article Info

Journal

The Medical journal of Australia

Abbr.

Med J Aust

ISSN

0025-729X

DOI

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb77070.x

Published

1980-11-29

Pages

626-7

Language

English

Region

Australia

NLM ID

0400714

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb77070.x View journal details

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