Rheumatology 2001; 40: 1319-1320
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology
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Prolonged arthritis associated with Sindbis-related (Pogosta) virus infection
Tropical Public Health Unit and
1 Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns and
2 Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
SIR, We have read the article by Laine et al. [1] with interest. They found that 2.5 yr after Pogosta virus infection 50% of 26 patients still had symptoms. We are concerned that perhaps the authors have overinterpreted their findings, mistaking association for causation.
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