Chikungunya epidemic in India- A major public-health disaster

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 63-73

  Bhowmik, Debjit ^a   Chiranjib, ^a   Sampath Kumar, K P ^b  

^a Rajiv Gandhi College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b Coimbatore Medical Sciences ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Disaster; Epidemic; Health

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; INSECT REPELLENT; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; EXERCISE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT BITE; INSOMNIA; LICHEN PLANUS; PAIN; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSORIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; URTICARIA; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 79952508543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09758585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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