Persistent arthralgia among Chikungunya patients and associated risk factors in Chennai, South India

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-6

  Ramachandran, V ^a   Kaur, P ^a   Kanagasabai, K ^a   Vadivoo, S ^a   Murhekar, M ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Chikungunya; India

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHIKUNGUNYA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FEVER; FINGER PHALANX; HEADACHE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSALGIA; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; VOMITING; WRIST PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANKLE; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIROLOGY; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897530030     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.128795     Document Type: Article

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