A study of the outbreak of Chikungunya fever

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1059-1062

  Patil, Supriya Satish ^a   Patil, Satish R ^a   Durgawale, P M ^a   Patil, A G ^b  

^a Department of Community Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Primary Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Health seeking behaviour; Joint pain; Vector

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84878852427     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5330.3061     Document Type: Article

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