Clinical attack rate of chikungunya in a cohort of nicaraguan children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 397-399

  Balmaseda, Angel ^b   Gordon, Aubree ^a   Gresh, Lionel ^b   Ojeda, Sergio ^b   Saborio, Saira ^b   Tellez, Yolanda ^b   Sanchez, Nery ^b   Kuan, Guillermina ^b   Harris, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYALGIA; NICARAGUAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; HOUSING; NICARAGUA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; NICARAGUA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84957670421     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0413     Document Type: Article

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