Alphaviruses: An emerging cause of arthritis?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-490

  Toivanen, Auli ^a,b  

^a Turku University   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alphaviruses; Chikungunya; Ross River virus; Sindbis viruses; Viral arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS; PARASITE VECTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 47049106659     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e328303220b     Document Type: Review

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