A comparison of the diseases caused by Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Flexman, James P ^a   Smith, David W ^b,c   Mackenzie, John S ^d,e   Fraser, J R E ^f   Bass, Simon P ^e   Hueston, Linda ^g   Lindsay, Michael D A ^h   Cunningham, Anthony L ^i,j  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research   (Australia)

^c Div of Microbiol and Infect Dis

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e Department of Microbiology ^*  (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ Westmead Institutes of Hlth Res   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS VECTOR;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RASH; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032479738     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb116019.x     Document Type: Review

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