Maiden outbreak of chikungunya in Dongguan city, Guangdong province, China: Epidemiological characteristics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Qiaoli, Zhang ^a   Jianfeng, He ^b   De, Wu ^b   Zijun, Wang ^c   Xinguang, Zhong ^a   Haojie, Zhong ^b   Fan, Ding ^c   Zhiquan, Liu ^a   Shiwen, Wang ^c   Zhenyu, Huang ^a   Yonghui, Zhang ^b   Changwen, Ke ^b   Dakang, Yuan ^a   Wenjia, Liang ^b   Deqiong, Li ^d   Pinghua, Chen ^a  

^a Dongguan Municipal CDC   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial CDC   (China)

^c China CDC   (China)

^d Wanjiang Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HABITAT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RASH; THAILAND; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84865076644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042830     Document Type: Article

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