Co-infections with Chikungunya and dengue viruses, Guatemala, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2003-2005

  Edwards, Thomas ^a   del Carmen Castillo Signor, Leticia ^b   Williams, Christopher ^a   Donis, Evelin ^b   Cuevas, Luis E ^a   Adams, Emily R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLASSIFICATION; DENGUE VIRUS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992146162     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2211.161017     Document Type: Article

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