Molecular Characterisation of Chikungunya Virus Infections in Trinidad and Comparison of Clinical and Laboratory Features with Dengue and Other Acute Febrile Cases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Sahadeo, Nikita ^a   Mohammed, Hamish ^b   Allicock, Orchid M ^a   Auguste, Albert J ^c   Widen, Steven G ^c   Badal, Kimberly ^a   Pulchan, Krishna ^a   Foster, Jerome E ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^c   Carrington, Christine V F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949493273     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004199     Document Type: Article

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