Chikungunya virus infection, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1542-1543

  Mombouli, Jean Vivien ^a,b   Bitsindou, Patrick ^c   Elion, Darrel O A ^a   Grolla, Allen ^d   Feldmann, Heinz ^e   Niama, Fabien R ^b   Parra, Henri Joseph ^a   Munster, Vincent J ^e  

^a Laboratoire National de Sante Publique Congo   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

^c Groupe de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et Naturelles GRSEN Délégation Générale À la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Congo)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIKUNGUNYA; CONGO; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOSQUITO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BRAZZAVILLE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; MOSQUITOES; OUTBREAKS; REPUBLIC OF CONGO; VIRUSES;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS;

EID: 84882615519     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130451     Document Type: Letter

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