Chikungunya virus transmission-More than meets the eye

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 806-807

  Long, Kristin M ^a   Heise, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CORNEA; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865755586     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis297     Document Type: Note

References (2)

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