Chikungunya fever in Israeli travelers returning from northwestern India

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 382-384

  Tanay, Amir ^a,b   Schwartz, Eli ^b,c   Bin, Hanna ^d   Zeller, Hervé ^e   Niedrig, Matthias ^f   Dan, Michael ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Central Virology Laboratory   (Israel)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; ISRAEL; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORNING STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIGOR; SEROLOGY; SYNOVITIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INDIA; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 53749105724     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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