Cutaneous manifestations of chikungunya fever

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-53

  Seetharam, K A ^a   Sridevi, K ^a   Vidyasagar, P ^a  

^a Katuri Medical College & Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Cutaneous manifestations; India; Skin; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; GUTTATE PSORIASIS; HAND EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INFANT; LOOSE FECES; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PSORIASIS; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VESICULAR RASH;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84863084386     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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