Clinical and molecular characterization of Chikungunya virus in south Thailand

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-305

  Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a   Rianthavorn, Pornpimol ^a   Praianantathavorn, Kesmanee ^a   Wuttirattanakowit, Norra ^b   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Narathiwatratchanakharin Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449087655     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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