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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;11(4):613-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1104.041070.

Ross River virus disease reemergence, Fiji, 2003-2004

Philipp Klapsing  1 , J Dick MacLean, Sarah Glaze, Karen L McClean, Michael A Drebot, Robert S Lanciotti, Grant L Campbell
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Ross River virus disease reemergence, Fiji, 2003-2004

Philipp Klapsing et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

We report 2 clinically characteristic and serologically positive cases of Ross River virus infection in Canadian tourists who visited Fiji in late 2003 and early 2004. This report suggests that Ross River virus is once again circulating in Fiji, where it apparently disappeared after causing an epidemic in 1979 to 1980.

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Patient 1: ankle swelling, pain, tenderness, erythema, and warmth on day 10 of illness.
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