Outbreak of Chikungunya virus infection, Vanimo, Papua New Guinea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1535-1538

  Horwood, Paul F ^a   Reimer, Lisa J ^a   Dagina, Rosheila ^b   Susapu, Melinda ^b   Bande, Grace ^a   Katusele, Michelle ^a   Koimbu, Gussy ^a   Jimmy, Stella ^c   Ropa, Berry ^b   Siba, Peter M ^a   Pavlin, Boris I ^d  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Vanimo General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHIKV; MUTANT STRAIN; OUTBREAK; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882625862     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130130     Document Type: Article

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