Perennial impression of an emerging arbovirus on the epidemiology of rheumatic diseases in South India: Insights from the COPCORD study

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-228

  Rahim, A ^a   Mathew, A J ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Indian Institute of Diabetes   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Chronic rheumatism; Musculoskeletal disorders; National program

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARBOVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE;

ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054035905     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.85219     Document Type: Review

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