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ISOLATION OF ROSS RIVER VIRUS FROM EPIDEMIC POLYARTHRITIS PATIENTS IN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Aaskov JG,
Ross PV,
Harper JJ,
Donaldson MD
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1985.62
Subject(s) - polyarthritis , isolation (microbiology) , virus , virus isolation , virology , ross river virus , disease , medicine , biology , arthritis , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , alphavirus
Summary Ross River virus was isolated from two out of four seronegative scrum samples obtained from epidemic polyarthritis patients in Australia. Virus isolated from each patient was found to be phenotypically diverse. These isolations suggest that previous failure to isolate virus from epidemic polyarthritis patients in this country may have been due to failure to obtain material (serum) from patients early enough in the course of the disease and to the use of relatively insensitive isolation techniques.