Ross River virus disease clinical presentation, pathogenesis and current therapeutic strategies.

Related Articles Ross River virus disease clinical presentation, pathogenesis and current therapeutic strategies. Microbes Infect. 2017 Nov;19(11):496-504 Authors: Liu X, Tharmarajah K, Taylor A Abstract Ross River virus (RRV) is an arthitogenic alphavirus capable of causing outbreaks of debilitating musculoskeletal inflammatory disease in humans. RRV is the most common mosquito-borne disease in Australia, with outbreaks of RRV generally occurring during seasonal wet and warm conditions. Patients with Ross River virus disease (RRVD) typically present with fever, polyarthralgia, myalgia and a maculopapular erythematous rash. Treatment of the disease is usually palliative with no licensed vaccines or antiviral therapies currently available. In…
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