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Globally distributed arthritogenic alphaviruses |
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Arthritogenic alphavirus |
Geographic distribution |
Comments |
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Ross River |
Australia and Oceania |
Reported in travelers and visiting US military personnel. |
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Barmah Forest |
Australia |
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Sindbis group |
Africa, Asia, and Australia |
Enzootic vertebrate hosts are birds. Also reported in travelers. |
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Karelian fever |
Russia |
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Ockelbo |
Sweden |
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Pogosta |
Finland |
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Mayaro |
South America |
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O'nyong-nyong |
Central and East Africa |
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Igbo Ora |
Central Africa |
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Chikungunya |
South and East Asia, Africa, West Pacific, and sporadic cases in Europe and the US |
Reported in travelers from endemic areas to the US and Europe. Recent mosquito-borne outbreak described in Northern Italy. |
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Vassilopoulos and Calabrese Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008 10:215 doi:10.1186/ar2480 |
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