Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, april-june 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 28, 2014, Pages

  Requena Mendez A ^a   Garcia C ^b   Aldasoro, E ^a   Vicente, J A ^b   Martinez M J ^c   Perez Molina J A ^d   Calvo Cano, A ^a   Franco, L ^e   Parron I ^f   Molina, A ^b   Ruiz, M ^b   Alvarez J ^f   Sanchez Seco M P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA LUZ   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84937685134     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.28.20853     Document Type: Article

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