Chikungunya fever in travelers returning to Europe from the Indian Ocean Region, 2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 416-422

  Panning, Marcus ^a,c   Grywna, Klaus ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^b   Emmerich, Petra ^a   Drosten, Christian ^a,c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 41349090611     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.070906     Document Type: Article

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