Publications

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
epidemic polyarthritis and ross river virus disease.	ross river virus is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus indigenous to australia, papua new guinea and nearby islands, which recently appeared in other western and central south pacific islands. human infection can be manifest by varied constitutional disturbances, rash and rheumatic symptoms, known in australia as epidemic polyarthritis and broadly similar to certain alphavirus diseases in other regions. although usually short-lived, the rash can persist for 5 months. rheumatic effects involve syn ...	1986	3026719