Protracted rheumatic manifestations in travelers

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Kivity, Shaye ^a,b   Meltzer, Eyal ^b   Bin, Hanna ^b   Schwartz, Eli ^b  

^a Center for Autoimmune Diseases   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

arthritis; Chikungunya virus; reactive arthritis; rheumatic disease; Ross River virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 79952447551     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3182108187     Document Type: Article

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