Chikungunya in the Caribbean as threat to Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1423-1425

  Mansuy, Jean Michel ^a   Grouteau, Erick ^a   Mengelle, Catherine ^a   Claudet, Isabelle ^a   Izopet, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MALE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; CARIBBEAN; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SIBLING; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SIBLINGS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84905226171     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2008.140650     Document Type: Letter

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