Imported Chikungunya virus strains, Taiwan, 2006-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1854-1856

  Huang, Jyh Hsiung ^a   Yang, Cheng Fen ^a   Su, Chien Ling ^a   Chang, Shu Fen ^a   Cheng, Chia Hsin ^a   Yu, Sheng Kai ^a   Lin, Chien Chou ^a   Shu, Pei Yun ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CODON; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LETTER; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 70350434499     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090398     Document Type: Letter

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