Entomo-epidemiological investigations of chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, India

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-300

  Jain, Ruchi ^a   Acharya, Anita S ^a   Khandekar, Jyoti ^a   Jais, Manoj ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquito; Chikungunya outbreak; Entomological investigations

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; CLEANING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MONITORING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84890538000     PISSN: 17556783     EISSN: 09746005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.120987     Document Type: Article

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