Reemergence of endemic Chikungunya, Malaysia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-149

  AbuBakar, Sazaly ^a   Sam, I Ching ^a   Wong, Pooi Fong ^a   MatRahim, NorAziyah ^a   Hooi, Poh Sim ^a   Roslan, Nuruliza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALAYSIA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA EXTRACTION; SERUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 33846050057     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.060617     Document Type: Article

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