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Illness caused by a Kokobera‐like virus in south‐eastern Australia
Author(s) -
Boughton Clement R.,
Hawkes Royle A.,
Nairn Helen M.
Publication year - 1986
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.1326-5377.1986.tb101087.x
Subject(s) - virus , pathogenicity , serology , flavivirus , virology , medicine , biology , immunology , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology
Three patients who lived in south‐eastern Australia and who suffered acute polyarticular illnesses in the summer months of 1983–1984 and 1984–1985 are described. Two patients lived in the southwestern plains of New South Wales and one in Bairnsdale in eastern Victoria. Serological studies implicated Kokobera virus, a flavivirus, as the likely causative agent. This would appear to be the first report to indicate the pathogenicity of Kokobera virus.