Karelian Fever, Ockelbo Disease and Pogosta Disease are arboviral infections caused by the same virus.
Karelian Fever occurs on the Karelina isthmus, a strip of land between St Petersburg iand Finland.
Ockelbo Disease is named for a small town in central Sweden.
Pogosta Disease is described in Finland
Virus: Sindbis complex (alphavirus, Family Togaviridae)
Transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes
Clinical features may include:
(1) fever
(2) arthalgias
(3) an exanthem
(4) nephrotic syndrome
(5) encephalomyelitis
(6) thrombocytopenia with hemorrhage
These illnesses need to be distinguished from other arbovirual infections such as dengue fever.
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
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