Encephalitis caused by Chikungunya virus in a traveler from the Kingdom of Tonga

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3459-3461

  Nelson, Joanna ^a   Waggoner, Jesse J ^a   Sahoo, Malaya K ^a   Grant, Philip M ^a   Pinsky, Benjamin A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONGA; TRAVEL;

CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONGA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84906862048     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01288-14     Document Type: Article

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