alphaviruses
Last reviewed 01/2018
Alphaviruses are responsible for:
- fever, rash, myalgia/arthralgia and lymphadenopathy syndromes:
- Chikungunya haemorrhagic fever
- O'Nyong-nyong, Mayaro, Ross River, Sindbis viruses
- encephalitis:
- Eastern, Western and Venezuelan equine encephalitides
- Semliki Forest encephalitis
All are mosquito-borne