Epidemic polyarthritis acquired in Fiji.
Four cases of epidemic polyarthritis which was acquired in Fiji between April and July of 1979 are described. The manifestations of the illness were similar to those of the disease in Australia. Knowledge of the geographic distribution of this disease can be valuable in diagnosis, but it is likely that its range is not yet fully known.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012398:Ross River virus; D014195:Travel