Low Seroprevalence Indicates Vulnerability of Eastern and Central Sudan to Infection with Chikungunya Virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 290-291

  Adam, Awadalkareem ^a,b   Seidahmed, Osama M E ^c   Weber, Christopher ^d   Schnierle, Barbara ^d   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^e   Reiche, Sven ^f   Jassoy, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b International University of Africa   (Sudan)

^c National Health Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^d PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^f FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SUDAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; AEDES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT VECTOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUDAN;

EID: 84961832158     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1897     Document Type: Article

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