Ross river virus disease in a traveler to Australia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 420-423

  Hossain, Iqbal ^a   Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; RASH; REVIEW; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWELLING; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MALE; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449404683     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00345.x     Document Type: Review

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