Viral Arthritis

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Abstract
Acute benign arthritis may precede, coincide with or follow a number of common and uncommon viral infections [rubella, mumps, smallpox, arbovirus]. With the exception of variola, arthritis is more prevalent in adults than in children. There is no typlcal pattern of joint involvement although there seems to be a tendency toward the involvement of the larger peripheral joints. While most of the reported instances of arthritis were observed during the course of epldemics, with the more widespread availability of viral diagnostic facilities and interest in Bedsonia in arthritis, examination of specimens obtained from sporadic patients with acute non-bacterial arthritis may demonstrate a more frequent occurrence of viral arthritis than has generally been appreciated.

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