Chikungunya fever: current status in Mexico

Autor: Margarita Nava-Frías, Ricardo Efrén Searcy-Pavía, Carina Aurora Juárez-Contreras, Anayeli Valencia-Bautista
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, Vol 73, Iss 2, Pp 67-74 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1665-1146
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmhimx.2016.03.001
Popis: Chikungunya fever is a tropical vector-borne disease that has been spreading rapidly around the world during the last 10 years, and which has been usually misdiagnosed as dengue. Nowadays, this disease is increasing in Mexico, mainly in the southern and central zones of the country, being significantly more common in women, children and young adults (28% in
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