TY - JOUR AU - Tappe, Dennis AU - Pérez-Girón, José Vicente AU - Gómez-Medina, Sergio AU - Günther, Stephan AU - Muñoz-Fontela, César AU - Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas T1 - Increased Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in Prolonged Arthralgia in Ross River Virus Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 4 SP - 702 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Ross River virus, a mosquitoborne alphavirus, causes epidemic polyarthritis in Australia and the Pacific region. We analyzed serum cytokine, chemokine, and growth factor levels in travelers returning to Germany from Australia. Serum samples showed elevated concentrations in the acute phase of the illness and, more pronounced, in the long-lasting convalescent phase. KW - arthralgia KW - arthritis KW - viruses KW - cytokines KW - Ross River virus KW - Australia KW - mosquitoes KW - vector-borne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2304.160466 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-0466_article ER - End of Reference