Inflammation of the external ear in acute chikungunya infection: Experience from the outbreak in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 2008

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 270-273

  Javelle, Emilie ^a   Tiong, Tee Hua ^b   Leparc Goffart, Isabelle ^c   Savini, Hélène ^a   Simon, Fabrice ^a  

^a LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinic of Johor Bahru   (Malaysia)

^c National Reference Center for Arboviral Diseases Biomedical Research Institute French Military Health Service   (France)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Chondritis; Ear; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR CHONDRITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; EXTERNAL EAR INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTHRITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHIKUNGUNYA; CHONDRITIS; EAR; MALAYSIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896886509     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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