Ross River fever is an infectious disease caused by Ross River virus (RRV), an alphavirus in the Togaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Aedes and Culex mosquitoes. RRV was first isolated in 1972 near Ross River in North Queensland, Australia.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H00397 Ross River fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain arthropod-borne viral fevers
1D4D Ross River disease
H00397 Ross River fever
Pathogen
Ross River virus [GN:T40071]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D4D
ICD-10:
B33.1
Reference
PMID:15923040
Authors
Rulli NE, Suhrbier A, Hueston L, Heise MT, Tupanceska D, Zaid A, Wilmes A, Gilmore K, Lidbury BA, Mahalingam S
Title
Ross River virus: molecular and cellular aspects of disease pathogenesis.