Investigation of a Chikungunya-like illness in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India 2009-2010

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-588

  Sudeep, A B ^a   Hundekar, S L ^a   Jacob, P G ^b   Balasubramanian, R ^b   Arankalle, V A ^a   Mishra, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b National Institute of Virology Kerala Unit   (India)

Author keywords

African genotype; Chikungunya virus; Dengue; RT PCR; Tirunelveli; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE VECTOR; ETIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MORBIDITY; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SERUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUNELVELI;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79954585806     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02743.x     Document Type: Article

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