Chikungunya in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 789-791

  Ritz, Nicole ^a,b   Hufnagel, Markus ^c   Gérardin, Patrick ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VIRUS VACCINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOSQUITO BITE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; PATHOLOGY;

CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84991225907     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000716     Document Type: Article

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