Chikungunya cases identified through passive surveillance and household investigations — Puerto Rico, May 5–August 12, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 1121-1128

  Sharp, Tyler M ^a   Roth, Nicole M ^a   Torres, Jomil ^b   Ryff, Kyle R ^b   Pérez Rodríguez, Nicole M ^a   Mercado, Chanis ^b   Padró, Maria Del Pilar Diaz ^b   Ramos, Maria ^b   Phillips, Raina ^c,d   Lozier, Matthew ^d,e   Arriola, Carmen S ^d   Johansson, Michael ^a   Hunsperger, Elizabeth ^a   Muñoz Jordán, Jorge L ^a   Margolis, Harold S ^a   García, Brenda Rivera ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Office of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUERTO RICO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915779524     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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