Fading Chikungunya fever from India: Beginning of the end of another episode?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 139, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages 468-470

  Muniaraj, M ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LETTER; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY;

CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA;

EID: 84899874749     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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