Ross River fever

Ross River fever
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Ross River fever is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with the Ross River virus. The illness is typically characterised by flu like symptoms combined with polyarthritis and a rash. The virus is endemic to mainland Australia and Tasmania, the island of New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands, New Caledonia and several other islands in the South Pacific.[1] The illness is Queensland's most prolific mosquito-borne disease.[2]

  1. ^ Ed Poliness (2006-01-19). "Fact file: Ross River fever". ABC Health & Wellbeing. ABC. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. ^ Bolton, Meg; Mapstone, Tessa (17 November 2021). "Sunshine Coast leads Queensland for Ross River virus cases". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 November 2021.