Fact sheets

Ross river virus (RRV) fact sheet (PDF 190KB)

Public Health action

• Ross river virus disease – A management guide for general practitioners (PDF 278KB)

• Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited: Melbourne

• Mosquito-born diseases in Western Australia

Notifiable disease data and reports

• Up-to-date Ross River Virus notification data

• General infectious disease reports
   

Additional sources of information

• Control of Communicable Diseases Manual.

Case definition

Only confirmed cases should be notified.

A confirmed case requires ladoratory definitive evidence only.

Laboratory definitive evidence

1. Isolation of Ross River virus
OR

2. Detection of Ross River virus by nucleic acid testing
OR

3. IgG seroconversion or a significant increase in antibody level or a fourfold or greater rise in titre to Ross River virus
OR

4. Detection of Ross River virus-specific IgM.