Profile of the chikungunya infection: A neglected vector borne disease which is prevalent in the Rajkot District

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1008-1011

  Chundawat, Bhagwati ^a   Mistry, Madhulika ^a   Mehta, Krunal D ^b   Goswami, Y S ^a  

^a PDU Medical College   (India)

^b M P SHAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Chikungunya; Clinical features; Seasonal variation; Sex correlation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AEDES; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 84878900641     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5307.3057     Document Type: Article

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