viral arthritis

viral arthritis
infectious arthritis, usually polyarticular and self-limited, associated with a viral disease, such as rubella, mumps, infectious mononucleosis, varicella, hepatitis B, and arboviral or adenoviral infection.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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