Open AccessEpidemiological analysis of mosquito-borne Pogosta disease in Finland, 2009
Author(s) -
Jussi Sane,
Sandra Guedes,
Satu Kurkela,
Outi Lyytikäinen,
Olli Vapalahti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/ese.15.02.19462-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , sindbis virus , alphavirus , alphavirus infection , epidemiology , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , medicine , virus , chikungunya , pathology , rna , biochemistry , gene
Pogosta disease is a viral disease caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus, Sindbis virus (SINV), and large human outbreaks of SINV infection have emerged in Finland every seven years. After a major outbreak in 2002 an epidemic was expected to take place in 2009. Data from the National Infectious Disease Registry showed a small outbreak in humans in 2009 with a total of 105 reported cases but the seven-year cycle did not recur as anticipated.