Global emergence of Alphaviruses that cause arthritis in humans

Infection Ecology and Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Olivia, Lwande Wesula ^a   Obanda, Vincent ^b   Bucht, Göran ^c   Mosomtai, Gladys ^d   Otieno, Viola ^e   Ahlm, Clas ^a   Evander, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^e IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre   (Kenya)

Author keywords

arthritis; chikungunya; Mayaro; O nyong nyong; Ross River; Sindbis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85136567410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/IEE.V5.29853     Document Type: Article

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