Silent Circulation of Ross River Virus in French Polynesia
Author(s) -
Maïté Aubry,
Jérôme Finke,
Anita Teissier,
Claudine Roche,
Julien Broult,
Sylvie Paulous,
Philippe Desprès,
VanMai CaoLormeau,
Didier Musso
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.06.005
Subject(s) - ross river virus , seroprevalence , geography , circulation (fluid dynamics) , population , transmission (telecommunications) , virus , antibody , serology , virology , medicine , immunology , environmental health , physics , alphavirus , electrical engineering , thermodynamics , engineering
Ross River is an emerging mosquito-borne disease in the Western Pacific. Ross River virus (RRV) circulation has been sporadically reported in some Pacific Island Countries and Territories but never in French Polynesia. To determine if RRV has circulated locally among the French Polynesian population, we conducted a seroprevalence study on blood donors.
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