Chikungunya outbreak in Al-Hudaydah, Yemen, 2011: Epidemiological characterization and key lessons learned for early detection and control

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 203-211

  Malik, Mamunur Rahman ^a   Mnzava, Abraham ^a   Mohareb, Emad ^b   Zayed, Alia ^b   Al Kohlani, Abdulhakeem ^c   Thabet, Ahmed A K ^d   El Bushra, Hassan ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPH and P)   (Yemen)

^d THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Al Hudaydah; Chikungunya; Dengue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULICIDAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN;

EID: 84905587233     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: 22106014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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