Chikungunya fever: Clinical manifestations & management

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 471-474

  Mohan, Alladi ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOGAVIRUS INFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; YELLOW FEVER;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; HUMANS;

EID: 33846493530     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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