A case of chikungunya fever imported from India to Japan, follow-up of specific IgM and IgG antibodies over a 6-month period

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-66

  Aoyama, Ikuko ^a   Uno, Kenji ^b   Yumisashi, Takahiro ^a   Takasaki, Tomohiko ^c   Lim, Chang Kweng ^c   Kurane, Ichiro ^c   Kase, Tetsuo ^a   Takahashi, Kazuo ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; JAPAN; MALE; TRAVEL;

EID: 76649127419     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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