Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and long-term outcomes of a major outbreak of Chikungunya in a Hamlet in Sri Lanka, in 2007: A longitudinal cohort study

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kularatne, Senanayake A M ^a   Weerasinghe, Sajitha C ^a   Gihan, Champika ^a   Wickramasinghe, Sujantha ^a   Dharmarathne, Samath ^a   Abeyrathna, Asanka ^a   Jayalath, Thilak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CHRONIC ARTHRITIC DISABILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84858309777     PISSN: 16879686     EISSN: 16879694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/639178     Document Type: Article

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