Chikungunya virus: A general overview
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito borne alphavirus responsible for the recent outbreak in the Americas. Immunologically naïve population in the Americas favors the spread of epidemics. Chikungunya fever is characterized by an abrupt febrile illness, polyarthralgia and maculopapula...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UANL. Facultad de Medicina
2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uanl.mx/11642/1/S1665579615000587_S300_en.pdf |