Chikungunya and dengue viruses in travelers [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-178

  Nicoletti, Loredana ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^a   Marchi, Antonella ^a   Fiorentini, Cristiano ^a   Martucci, Patrizia ^a   D'Ancona, Fortunato ^a   Degli Atti, Marta Ciofi ^a   Pompa, Maria Grazia ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^a   Ciufolini, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; DENGUE VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 38049054024     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070618     Document Type: Letter

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