Chikungunya - An emerging infection in Bangladesh: A case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hassan, Rashedul ^a   Rahman, Md Mujibur ^a   Moniruzzaman, Md ^a   Rahim, Abdur ^a   Barua, Satyajit ^a   Biswas, Rajib ^a   Biswas, Pijous ^a   Mowla, Syed Ghulam Mogni ^a   Chowdhury, M A Jalil ^b  

^a DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Arthropod borne; Chikungunya fever; IgM antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MIDDLE AGED; MORNING STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896715072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-67     Document Type: Article

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