Chikungunya outbreaks - The globalization of vectorborne diseases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 769-771

  Charrel, Rémi N ^a   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847115825     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp078013     Document Type: Article

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