Chikungunya fever in Singapore: Acute clinical and laboratory features, and factors associated with persistent arthralgia

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-114

  Win, M K ^a   Chow, A ^a,b   Dimatatac, F ^a   Go, C J ^a   Leo, Y S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chikungunya fever; Outbreak; Persistent arthralgia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SINGAPORE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77956651823     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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