Mucocutaneous features of Chikungunya fever: A study from an outbreak in West Bengal, India

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1148-1152

  Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata ^a,b   Ghosh, Sudip Kumar ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTERTRIGO; MALE; MEASLES LIKE RASH; ONSET AGE; PAPULE; PETECHIA; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; URTICARIA; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; XEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449089043     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03817.x     Document Type: Article

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