Prevalence of Chikungunya in urban field practice area of a private medical college, Chennai

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-127

  Balasubramaniam, Sudharsanam M ^a   Krishnakumar, J ^a   Stephen, Thattiparthi ^a   Gaur, Rashmi ^a   Appavoo, N ^a  

^a SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; health seeking behavior; prevalence; sequelae

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052910947     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.84131     Document Type: Article

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