Ross River virus disease reemergence, Fiji, 2003-2004.
We report 2 clinically characteristic and serologically positive cases of Ross River virus infection in Canadian tourists who visited Fiji in late 2003 and early 2004. This report suggests that Ross River virus is once again circulating in Fiji, where it apparently disappeared after causing an epidemic in 1979 to 1980.
Klapsing
Philipp
P
Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
MacLean
J Dick
JD
Glaze
Sarah
S
McClean
Karen L
KL
Drebot
Michael A
MA
Lanciotti
Robert S
RS
Campbell
Grant L
GL
D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012398:Ross River virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*