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Stay informed with the SBS News app. Skip to content Primary Navigation Show menu Hide menu. Explore SBS. News Programs. Death from Ross River virus disease has never been reported. It can take anywhere from 3 to 21 days for symptoms to appear, although most people usually experience symptoms 7 to 9 days after the bite of an infected mosquito.
Talk to your healthcare provider if you are sick and have recently traveled to an area where Ross River virus might be present. Your healthcare provider can order laboratory tests to diagnose Ross River virus infection. Most commonly it can cause a number of neurological, musculoskeletal, behavioural and respiratory problems in horses.
RRF is a very common disease throughout Australia and surrounding islands, it is non-lethal although it is extremely debilitating and long-lasting. In humans, the disease commonly means that the carrier will suffer joint pain and arthritis with others experiencing chronic fatigue. Most horses will differ when it comes to showing signs of Ross River Fever; however some of the initial signs include fevers, joint pain, swelling of the lower limbs and a reluctance to move.
Other symptoms are:. Unfortunately there is no treatment readily available for Ross River Fever. The best thing for your horse is antibiotics and anti-inflammatory agents that will help with the swelling and stiffness whilst making the horse more comfortable. To help with alleviating symptoms, the horse should be under minimal stress and rest as much as possible.
Within 18 months of being infected, most horses will overcome the disease and build immunity to it allowing them not to be reinfected for their life.
The best prevention of RRF is to control the breeding of mosquitoes in your area. The epidemiology of RRV transmission is complex and multifactorial and is further complicated by climate change, making predictive models difficult to design.
Establishing an equine model for RRV may allow better characterization of RRV disease pathogenesis and immunology in humans and horses, and could potentially be used for other infectious diseases.
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