Seroprevalence of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection on Lamu Island, Kenya, October 2004

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-337

  Sergon, Kibet ^a   Njuguna, Charles ^b   Kalani, Rosalia ^b   Ofula, Victor ^c   Onyango, Clayton ^c   Konongoi, Limbaso S ^c   Bedno, Sheryl ^c   Burke, Heather ^e   Dumilla, Athman M ^b   Konde, Joseph ^d   Njenga, M Kariuki ^e   Sang, Rosemary ^c   Breiman, Robert F ^a,e  

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

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Central Bureau of Statistics   (Kenya)

^e International Emerging Infections Program   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 41249091580     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.333     Document Type: Article

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