A study on chikungunya outbreak during 2007 in Kerala, South India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Kannan, M ^a   Rajendran, R ^a   Sunish, I P ^a   Balasubramaniam, R ^a   Arunachalam, N ^a   Paramasivan, R ^a   Tewari, S C ^a   Samuel, P Philip ^a   Tyagi, B K ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Clinical spectrum; India; Kerala; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649664122     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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