Emerging viral infections and arthritis: The role of the rheumatologist

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-3

  Calabrese, Leonard H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRITIS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RHEUMATOLOGY; TRAVEL;

EID: 38049066475     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0679     Document Type: Review

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