Chikungunya outbreak in the Caribbean region, December 2013 to March 2014, and the significance for Europe

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2014, Pages

  Van Bortel, W ^a   Dorleans, F ^b   Rosine, J ^b   Blateau, A ^b   Rousseau, Didier ^c   Matheus, S ^c   Leparc Goffart, I ^d   Flusin, O ^d   Prat, C M ^d   Cesaire R ^e   Najioullah, F ^e   Ardillon, V ^f   Balleydier, E ^g   Carvalho, L ^f   Lemaitre A ^h   Noel H ^h   Servas, V ⁱ   Six, C ^j   Zurbaran, M ^h   Leon L ^h   Guinard, A ^k   van den Kerkhof, J ^l   Henry, M ^m   Fanoy, E ^l,m,n   Braks, M ^l   Reimerink, J ^l   Swaan, C ^l   Georges, R ^o   Brooks, L ^p   Freedman, J ^q   Sudre, B ^a   Zeller, H ^a   more..

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (Martinique)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^d IRBA   (France)

^e University Hospital Laboratory of virology   (Martinique)

^f Regional Office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (French Guiana)

^g Regional Office of French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^h French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

ⁱ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^j French Institute of Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^k French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^m NONE   (Netherlands)

ⁿ Public Health Service Southeast Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^o Ministry of Health and Social Development   (United Kingdom)

^p Ministry of Social Development   (Anguilla)

^q Public Health   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOCHTHONOUS TRANSMISSION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84898726883     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.13.20759     Document Type: Article

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