First evidence of chikungunya virus infection in Assam, Northeast India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 355-357

  Dutta, P ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Khan, A M ^a   Borah, J ^a   Chowdhury, P ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes; Chikungunya; Dengue; IgM antibody; Northeast India

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; INDIA;

AEDES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 79956103525     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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