Sindbis virus polyarthritis outbreak signalled by virus prevalence in the mosquito vectors.

• Main Authors: Jan O Lundström (Author), Jenny C Hesson (Author), Martina L Schäfer (Author), Örjan Östman (Author), Torsten Semmler (Author), Michaël Bekaert (Author), Manfred Weidmann (Author), Åke Lundkvist (Author), Martin Pfeffer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Polyarthritis and rash caused by Sindbis virus (SINV), was first recognised in northern Europe about 50 years ago and is known as Ockelbo disease in Sweden and Pogosta disease in Finland. This mosquito-borne virus occurs mainly in tropical and sub-tropical countries, and in northern Europe it is sug...