Concurrent chikungunya and dengue virus infections during simultaneous outbreaks, Gabon, 2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 591-593

  Leroy, Eric M ^a   Nkoghe, Dieudoné ^a   Ollomo, Benjamin ^a   Nze Nkogue, Chimène ^a   Becquart, Pierre ^a   Grard, Gilda ^a   Pourrut, Xavier ^d   Charrel, Rémi ^b   Moureau, Grégory ^b   Ndjoyi Mbiguino, Angélique ^c   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^d UMR190 IRD/CIRMF ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; GABON; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GABON; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 65349095681     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.080664     Document Type: Article

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