Open AccessNew evidence for endemic circulation of Ross River virus in the Pacific Islands and the potential for emergence
Author(s) -
Colleen L. Lau,
Maïté Aubry,
Didier Musso,
Anita Teissier,
Sylvie Paulous,
Philippe Desprès,
Xavier de-Lamballerie,
Boris Pastorino,
VanMai CaoLormeau,
Philip Weinstein
Publication year - 2017
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.2017.01.041
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , american samoa , outbreak , ross river virus , geography , serology , new guinea , virus , biology , virology , antibody , ethnology , immunology , history , cartography , alphavirus
An epidemic of Ross River virus (RRV) occurred in the South Pacific in 1979-1980, but RRV has not been thought to occur endemically outside Australia and Papua New Guinea. A seroprevalence study was conducted to determine whether RRV has circulated in American Samoa since 1980.
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