Publications
| ross river virus arthritis in papua new guinea. | in 1975 it was reported that antibodies to ross river virus (rrv) were present in the sera of many population groups in papua new guinea. we describe here 3 cases of polyarthritis that occurred in port moresby, the capital of papua new guinea, during 1980-81 and in which the diagnosis of rrv infection was confirmed by serological tests, and 3 other cases in which serological tests suggested rrv infection but were not diagnostic. a possible case of fatal rrv encephalitis is also reported. | 1987 | 2835834 |
| genetic differentiation of murray valley encephalitis virus in australia and papua new guinea. | the genetic relatedness of ten murray valley encephalitis virus (mve) isolates from australia has been examined by comparing haeiii and taqi restriction digest profiles of cdna to virion rna. the isolates were from the murray valley region of south-eastern australia and from the ord river region of western australia and spanned a period of 23 years (1951-1974). the isolates generated closely similar restriction digest profiles. the extent of similarity suggested that the level of nucleotide sequ ... | 1986 | 2884985 |