Outbreak of Chikungunya in Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Clinical and laboratory features of hospitalized patients

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-222

  Chew, L P ^a   Chua, Hock Hin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Clinical features; Laboratory findings; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPENIA; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77649129746     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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