Ross River Virus
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| Scientific name | Ross River virus |
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| Higher classification | Alphavirus |
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| Did you know | Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) are the two most common mosquito-borne viruses in Western Australia and can cause severe symptoms in people. |
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| ID | 399783 |
About Ross River Virus
Ross River virus is a small encapsulated single-strand RNA alphavirus endemic to Australia, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the South Pacific. It is responsible for a type of mosquito-borne non-lethal but debilitating tropical disease known as Ross River fever, previously termed "epidemic polyarthritis".
