Clinical and serological insights from the asian lineage Chikungunya outbreak in Grenada, 2014: An observational study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 890-893

  Macpherson, Calum ^a,b   Noël, Trevor ^a,b   Fields, Paul ^b   Jungkind, Donald ^a   Yearwood, Katherine ^a   Simmons, Monika ^c   Widjaja, Susana ^c   Mitchell, George ^d   Noel, Dolland ^a,d   Bidaisee, Satesh ^a,b   Myers, Todd E ^c   LaBeaud, A Desiree ^e  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation   (Grenada)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Ministry of Agriculture Lands Forestry and Fisheries   (Grenada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARIBBEAN; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GRENADA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILLS; COMPLICATION; EXANTHEMA; GENETICS; HEADACHE; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRENADA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYALGIA; RNA, VIRAL; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990178065     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0122     Document Type: Article

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