Chikungunya fever: An epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 942-948

  Erin Staples, J ^a,b   Breiman, Robert F ^b   Powers, Ann M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BIOSAFETY; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70049086952     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605496     Document Type: Review

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