Pogosta disease: clinical observations during an outbreak in the province of North Karelia, Finland.
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the clinical picture of Pogosta disease.


METHODS
The data of 73 patients who had had Pogosta disease in 1981 and who then had been seen by a local physician in North Karelia were analysed.


RESULTS
The main manifestations were fever (23%), rash (88%) and joint symptoms (93%). The joint symptoms in some patients lasted for several months and were severe enough to cause immobilization. The clinical picture was identical in those patients who had a definite serological diagnosis and those who did not have a detectable antibody response.


CONCLUSIONS
The symptoms of Sindbis virus-induced Pogosta discase consist of fever, rash and joint symptoms, whic may be severe and prolonged.
Turunen
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Department of Medicine, Turku University, Finland.
Kuusisto
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Uggeldahl
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Toivanen
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012845:Sindbis Virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*