Boughton C R, Hawkes R A, Naim H M
Arbovirus Research Unit, School of Microbiology, University of New South Wales, Kensington.
Med J Aust. 1988 Feb 1;148(3):146-7. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb112780.x.
Barmah Forest virus, a recently-discovered arbovirus which belongs to the alphavirus genus of the family Togaviridae, has been shown to cause infections in humans in New South Wales. The present report documents three patients in whom Barmah Forest viral infection appears to have resulted in illness. Barmah Forest virus or a closely-related alphavirus may, as are several other alphaviruses, be pathogenic.
巴马森林病毒是一种最近发现的虫媒病毒，属于披膜病毒科甲病毒属，已证实在新南威尔士州可导致人类感染。本报告记录了3例疑似因巴马森林病毒感染而致病的患者。与其他几种甲病毒一样，巴马森林病毒或与之密切相关的甲病毒可能具有致病性。
