The assessment of risk factors for the Central/East African Genotype of chikungunya virus infections in the state of Kelantan: A case control study in Malaysia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yusoff, Ahmad Faudzi ^a   Mustafa, Amal Nasir ^a   Husaain, Hani Mat ^b   Hamzah, Wan Mansor ^b   Yusof, Apandi Mohd ^a   Harun, Rozilawati ^a   Abdullah, Faezah Noor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Case control study; Central East African genotype; Chikungunya; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE FINDING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84877908290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-211     Document Type: Article

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