Chikungunya virus disease outbreak in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Pastula, Daniel M ^a,b   Hancock, W Thane ^c   Bel, Martin ^c   Biggs, Holly ^a,d   Marfel, Maria ^c   Lanciotti, Robert ^b   Laven, Janeen ^b   Chen, Tai Ho ^a   Staples, J Erin ^b   Fischer, Marc ^b   Hills, Susan L ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Yap State Department of Health   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017035759     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005410     Document Type: Article

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