Cutaneous manifestations of chikungunya fever: Observations made during a recent outbreak in south India

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-159

  Inamadar, Arun C ^a   Palit, Aparna ^a   Sampagavi, V V ^a   Raghunath, S ^a   Deshmukh, N S ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIA; INFANT; LEPROSY; LYMPHEDEMA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PSORIASIS; RASH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 38349103133     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03478.x     Document Type: Article

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