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Chikungunya Outbreak in Guangdong Province, China, 2010
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 3, Pp 493-495 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012.
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Abstract
- A disease outbreak with dengue-like symptoms was reported in Guangdong Province, China, in October 2010. Testing results confirmed that the pathogen causing the outbreak was chikungunya virus. Phylogenic analysis indicated that this virus was a member of the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Center/South African subgroup of chikungunya virus.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.631c6819c4b946f99416aec973dc2d1e
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.110034