1. Chikungunya outbreak, South India, 2006
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Kaur, Prabhdeep, Ponniah, Manickam, Murhekar, Manoj V., Ramachandran, Vidya, Ramachandran, Ramakrishnan, Raju, Hari Kishan, Perumal, Vanamail, Mishra, Akhilesh C., and Gupte, Mohan D.
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Disease transmission -- Control ,Disease transmission -- Research ,Chikungunya fever -- Risk factors ,Chikungunya fever -- Diagnosis ,Chikungunya fever -- Prevention ,Chikungunya fever -- Research ,Health education -- Usage - Abstract
We investigated chikungunya outbreaks in South India and observed a high attack rate, particularly among adults and women. Transmission was facilitated by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in peridomestic water containers, as [...]
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- 2008