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Clinical features and molecular diagnosis of Chikungunya fever from South India.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2008
Lakshmi Vemu, Neeraja Mamidi, Subbalaxmi M V S, Parida M M, Dash P K, Santhosh S R, Rao P V L
Abstract excerpt
An epidemic of Chikungunya fever of unprecedented magnitude occurred in many parts of India in early 2006 after an interval of 33 years, and there has been a resurgence in some parts of South India since June 2007. The article highlights clinical manifestations of infection and various molecular tests that were used for diagnoses of Chikungunya virus infection. Of particular interest is the real-time...
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