Systemic involvements and fatalities during Chikungunya epidemic in India, 2006

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-149

  Tandale, Babasaheb V ^a   Sathe, Padmakar S ^a   Arankalle, Vidya A ^a   Wadia, R S ^b   Kulkarni, Rahul ^b   Shah, Sudhir V ^c   Shah, Sanjeev K ^c   Sheth, Jay K ^d   Sudeep, A B ^a   Tripathy, Anuradha S ^a   Mishra, Akhilesh C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b Ruby Hall Clinic ^*  (India)

^c Sterling Hospital   (India)

^d SMT NHL MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya virus; Comorbidity; Death; Elderly; Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYNDROME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 69649101103     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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