| the distribution and prevalence of group a arbovirus neutralizing antibodies among human populations in southeast asia and the pacific islands. | plaque reduction neutralization tests, using five group a arboviruses (chikungunya, ross river, getah, bebaru and sindbis), were done on sera from human populations in 44 southeast asia and pacific island localities. specificity of the plaque neutralization test was determined by examining convalescent sera from patients with known alphavirus infections. chikungunya-specific neutralizing antibodies were demonstrated in sera of persons living in south vietnam, northern malaysia, indonesia (kalima ... | 1975 | 1155702 |
| epidemic polyarthritis (ross river) virus infection in the cook islands. | an epidemic of ross river virus infection occurred in the cook islands early in 1980 and affected the majority of the inhabitants of rarotonga, the most populated island in the group. this represents the easternmost extension of the virus which, until 1979, was believed limited to australia, new guinea, and the solomon islands. the clinical manifestations of ross river disease, predominantly polyarthritis, did not differ significantly from those observed previously in australia. however, unlike ... | 1981 | 7325286 |
| development and evaluation of a species diagnostic polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment-length polymorphism procedure for cryptic members of the culex sitiens (diptera: culicidae) subgroup in australia and the southwest pacific. | members of the culex sitiens subgroup are important vectors of arboviruses, including japanese encephalitis virus, murray valley encephalitis virus and ross river virus. of the eight described species, cx. annulirostris skuse, cx. sitiens wiedemann, and cx. palpalis taylor appear to be the most abundant and widespread throughout northern australia and papua new guinea (png). recent investigations using allozymes have shown this subgroup to contain cryptic species that possess overlapping adult m ... | 2002 | 11931037 |