Chikungunya: Here today, where tomorrow?

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Higgs, Stephen ^a   Vanlandingham, Dana L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya virus

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREEDING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DENGUE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; WOLBACHIA; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS;

EID: 84922450930     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu092     Document Type: Article

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