An imported case of Chikungunya fever from Madagascar: Use of the sentinel traveller for detecting emerging arboviral infections in tropical and European countries

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-54

  Pistone, Thierry ^a,b   Ezzedine, Khaled ^a,b   Schuffenecker, Isabelle ^c   Receveur, Marie Catherine ^a,b   Malvy, Denis ^a,b  

^a University Hospital Center   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Chikungunya virus infection; Emerging arboviruses; Returning traveller; Sentinel

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE PLUS PROGUANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ITALY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TROPICS; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 58549111808     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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