Chikungunya in Thailand: A re-emerging disease?

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 359-364

  Thaikruea, Lakkana ^a   Charearnsook, Ongart ^a   Reanphumkarnkit, Suthorn ^a   Dissomboon, Prasert ^a   Phonjan, Ratsami ^a   Ratchbud, Sanit ^a   Kounsang, Yoawarej ^a   Buranapiyawong, Doansamorn ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SEASON; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031151926     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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