A chikungunya outbreak in the metropolis of Chennai, India, 2006

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Seyler, Thomas ^a   Sakdapolrak, Patrick ^a   Sanjeevi Prasad, S ^a   Dhanraj, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOSQUITO; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEASONS;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 84856084794     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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