It has long been suspected that the disease is caused by a Sindbis-like virus, a positive-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Alphavirus genus and family Togaviridae. In 2002 a strain of Sindbis was isolated from patients during an outbreak of the<unk>  in Finland, confirming the hypothesis.
Pogosta disease
Degos disease
BENTA disease
Machado–Joseph disease
Bahima disease
Ontario Minamata disease
Meleda disease
Minamata disease