Identification of chikungunya virus strains circulating in Kelantan, Malaysia in 2009

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1374-1380

  Apandi, Yusof ^a   Lau, S K ^a   Izmawati, N ^a   Amal, N M ^b   Faudzi, Y ^b   Mansor, Wan ^c   Hani, M H ^c   Zainah, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c Kelantan State Health Department   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chikungunya virus; Circulating strain; Genotype; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952609317     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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