Spread of chikungunya from the caribbean to mainland central and South America: A greater risk of spillover in Europe?

Eurosurveillance

Volumn , Issue 28, 2014, Pages

  Noel H ^a   Rizzo, C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS VACCINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PROTECTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

EID: 84907712631     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.28.20855     Document Type: Editorial

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