Chikungunya in Singapore-the battle continues

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 325-327

  Oon, Lynette L E ^a   Ng, Lee Ching ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CHIKUNGUNYA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MOSQUITO BITE; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; TRANSMISSION;

CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; HUMANS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84904434850     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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