First report of chikungunya from the Maldives

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-196

  Yoosuf, Abdul Azeez ^a   Shiham, Ibrahim ^b   Mohamed, Ahmed Jamsheed ^b   Ali, Geela ^a   Luna, J M ^c   Pandav, R ^c   Gongal, G N ^d   Nisaluk, Ananda ^e   Jarman, Richard G ^e   Gibbons, Robert V ^e  

^a Ministry of Health Maldives   (Maldives)

^b Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital   (Maldives)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Regional Office for Southeast Asia   (India)

^e ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes; Arboviruses; Chikungunya virus; Dengue; Epidemics; Indian Ocean Islands

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; DENGUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALDIVES; MALE; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 58149463042     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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