The first reported outbreak of chikungunya in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2014-2015

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 885-889

  Feldstein, Leora R ^a,b   Ellis, Esther M ^c   Rowhani Rahbar, Ali ^a   Elizabeth Halloran, M ^a,b   Ellis, Brett R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c US Virgin Islands Dept of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILL; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEWBORN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POPULATION; RASH; RIGOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SORE THROAT; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILLS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990185361     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0288     Document Type: Article

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