Increased number of cases of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection imported from the Caribbean and Central America to northern Italy, 2014

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1912-1916

  Rossini, G ^a   Gaibani, P ^a   Vocale, C ^a   Finarelli, A C ^b   Landini, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Public Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Chikungunya virus; epidemiology; Italy; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GUADELOUPE; HAITI; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MARTINIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; THREAT; VENEZUELA; VIRUS STRAIN; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRAVEL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954513214     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815002940     Document Type: Article

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