Circulation of Chikungunya virus in Gabon, 2006-2007

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 430-433

  Peyrefitte, Christophe N ^a   Bessaud, Maël ^a,b   Pastorino, Boris A M ^a   Gravier, Patrick ^a,c   Plumet, Sébastien ^a   Merle, Olivier L ^a   Moltini, Isabelle ^a   Coppin, Emilie ^a   Tock, Fabienne ^a   Daries, William ^a   Ollivier, Lénaïck ^a   Pages, Frédéric ^a   Martin, Ronan ^b   Boniface, Frédéric ^b   Tolou, Hugues J ^a   Grandadam, Marc ^a  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Service Médical du 6e BIMA   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Alphavirus; Arbovirus; Chikungunya virus; Dengue virus; Gabon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 38849122066     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21090     Document Type: Article

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