First detection of chikungunya infection and transmission in Brunei Darussalam

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Liew, Christina ^a   Yung, Chee Fu ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Brunei; Chikungunya; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CYFLUTHRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; TEMEFOS;

ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BRUNEI; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84859768271     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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