Chikungunya fever in Los Angeles, California

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 841-844

  Harter, Katherine R ^a   Bhatt, Sanjay ^a   Kim, Hyung T ^a   Mallon, William K ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Dengue; Emergency Medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAITI; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MONOCYTE; MOSQUITO BITE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; RASH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84913596147     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.8.23062     Document Type: Article

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