Ross River Virus Antibody Prevalence, Fiji Islands, 2013–2015

Maite Aubry (1) , Mike Kama (2, 3) , Jessica Vanhomwegen (4, 5) , Anita Teissier (1) , Teheipuaura Mariteragi-Helle (1) , Stéphane Hue (6) , Martin L Hibberd (6) , Jean-Claude Manuguerra (4, 5) , Ketan Christi (3) , Conall Watson (6) , Eric Nilles (7, 8) , Colleen Lau (9) , John Aaskov (10) , Didier Musso (11, 1) , Adam Kucharski (6) , Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau (1)

1 ILM - Institut Louis Malardé [Papeete]
2 Fiji Centre for Communicable Disease Control [Suva, Fidji]
3 The University of the South Pacific [Suva, Fidji]
4 CIBU - Cellule d'Intervention Biologique d'Urgence - Laboratory for Urgent Response to Biological Threats
5 ERI - Environnement et Risques infectieux - Environment and Infectious Risks
6 LSHTM - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
7 OMS / WHO - Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office
8 HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]
9 JCU - James Cook University
10 QUT - Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane]
11 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes

A unique outbreak of Ross River virus (RRV) infection was reported in Fiji in 1979. In 2013, RRV seroprevalence among residents was 46.5% (362/778). Of the residents who were seronegative in 2013 and retested in 2015, 10.9% (21/192) had seroconverted to RRV, suggesting ongoing endemic circulation of RRV in Fiji.

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Maite Aubry, Mike Kama, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Anita Teissier, Teheipuaura Mariteragi-Helle, et al.. Ross River Virus Antibody Prevalence, Fiji Islands, 2013–2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (4), pp.827-830. ⟨10.3201/eid2504.180694⟩. ⟨hal-02263771⟩