Entomologic investigations of a chikungunya virus epidemic in the Union of the Comoros, 2005

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-82

  Sang, Rosemary C ^b   Ahmed, Ouledi ^c   Faye, Ousmane ^d   Kelly, Cindy L H ^f   Yahaya, Ali Ahmed ^c   Mmadi, Ibrahim ^c   Toilibou, Ali ^c   Sergon, Kibet ^e   Brown, Jennifer ^f   Agata, Naftali ^d   Yakouide, Allarangar ^d   Ball, Mamadou D ^d   Breiman, Robert F ^a   Miller, Barry R ^f   Powers, Ann M ^a,f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c National Malaria Control Center   (Comoros)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES SIMPSONI; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; COMOROS; CULEX; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VESSEL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES SIMPSONI; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; ERETMAPODITES;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMOROS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 39549112289     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.77     Document Type: Article

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