First report of Chikungunya virus infection in Nepal

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 790-792

  Pun, Sher Bahadur ^a   Bastola, Anup ^a   Shah, Rajesh ^a  

^a Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; First report; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYALGIA; NEPAL; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; YOUNG ADULT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902303255     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3701     Document Type: Article

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