Chikungunya virus returns to Indian Ocean

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 618-

  Lahariya, Chandrakant ^a   Pradhan, S K ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

AEDES; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CULEX; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 34249654095     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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