Ross River virus infection in a traveller returning from northern Australia
Ross River virus infection in a traveller returning from northern Australia
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DOI：
10.1007/s00430-009-0122-9
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发表时间：
2009-11-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Stich, August
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作者：
Tappe, Dennis;Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas;Stich, August
罗斯河病毒是一种节肢动物传播的甲病毒（披膜病毒科），在澳大利亚-太平洋地区引起流行性多关节炎。由于长期持续的关节痛，感染导致大量发病。尽管是澳大利亚最常见的虫媒病毒感染，但旅行者的报告很少。在这里，我们描述的疾病在德国旅行者谁不知道这种感染的流行在他的度假目的地，北领地和昆士兰州，澳大利亚。患者既无发热也无皮疹，但出现寒战、水样腹泻和严重、长期关节炎。
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.