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Epidemic Polyarthritis in South Australia 1979–1980
Author(s) -
Mudge P. R.,
LiM R. S. H.,
Moore B.,
Radford A. J.
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.tb77070.x
Subject(s) - polyarthritis , outbreak , epidemiology , geography , veterinary medicine , virology , demography , biology , medicine , immunology , arthritis , pathology , sociology
During the past season, a further outbreak of Ross River epidemic polyarthritis occurred in South Australia. Significant differences in the epidemiology occurred, which support the hypothesis that the virus is brought to the area by wild birds.