Sindbis virus and Pogosta disease in Finland

• Main Author: Kurkela, Satu
• Other Authors: Gessain, Antoine, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Haartman Institute, Department of Virology, Helsingin yliopisto, lääketieteellinen tiedekunta, kliinisteoreettinen laitos, Helsingfors universitet, medicinska fakulteten, Haartman institutet, Vapalahti, Olli, Vaheri, Antti
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2010
• Subjects: lääketiede (kliininen virologia); Eia; karelia*; karelian
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/20554

Sindbis virus (SINV) (genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae) is an enveloped virus with a genome of single-stranded, positive-polarity RNA of 11.7 kilobases. SINV is widespread in Eurasia, Africa, and Australia, but clinical infection only occurs in a few geographically restricted areas, mainly in No...