Prevalence of Chikungunya in urban field practice area of a private medical college, Chennai

• Main Authors: Sudharsanam M Balasubramaniam (Author), J Krishnakumar (Author), Thattiparthi Stephen (Author), Rashmi Gaur (Author), N C Appavoo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The outbreak of Chikungunya in India started during December 2005 with more than 11,00,000 cases. Many cases with symptoms suggestive of Chikungunya reported to our urban health-training centre. Hence this study was done to estimate the prevalence of Chikungunya, to study the common trea...