Two cases of zika fever imported from french polynesia to Japan, December to January 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kutsuna, S ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Takasaki, T ^b   Moi, M L ^b   Kotaki, A ^b   Uemura, H ^a   Matono, T ^a   Fujiya, Y ^a   Mawatari, M ^a   Takeshita, N ^a   Hayakawa, K ^a   Kanagawa, S ^a   Ohmagari, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; JAPAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA FEVER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84893426911     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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