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EPIDEMIC POLYARTHRITIS ACQUIRED IN FIJI
Author(s) -
Bennett N. McK.,
Cunningham A. L.,
Fraser J. R. E.,
Speed B. R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb134880.x
Subject(s) - polyarthritis , disease , geography , medicine , arthritis , immunology , pathology
Four cases of epidemic polyarthritis which was acquired in Fiji between April and July of 1979 are described. The manifestations of the illness were similar to those of the disease in Australia. Knowledge of the geographic distribution of this disease can be valuable in diagnosis, but it is likely that its range is not yet fully known.