Chikungunya virus outbreak, Dominica, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 909-911

  Ahmed, Shalauddin ^a   Francis, Lorraine ^b   Ricketts, R Paul ^a   Christian, Trudy ^a   Polson Edwards, Karen ^b   Olowokure, Babatunde ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Dominica)

^b CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOMINICA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84928042366     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2105.141813     Document Type: Letter

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