Co-infections with chikungunya virus and dengue virus in Delhi, India

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1077-1080

  Chahar, Harendra S ^a   Bharaj, Preeti ^a   Dar, Lalit ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a   Kabra, Sushil K ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 67650654415     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1507.080638     Document Type: Article

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