Chikungunya at the door - Déjà Vu all over again?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 885-887

  Morens, David M ^a   Fauci, Anthony S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907006504     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1408509     Document Type: Article

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