Chikungunya virus: Emergence of an arthritic arbovirus in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 506-508

  Hussain, R ^a   Alomar, I ^a   Memish, Z A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

EID: 84928634841     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.5.506     Document Type: Article

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