Travel-Associated Chikungunya Cases in South Korea during 2009–2010
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Travel-Associated Chikungunya Cases in South Korea during 2009–2010
OBJECTIVES Chikungunya (CHIK) has been classified as a communicable disease group IV in South Korea since late 2010. Based on this, we investigated the extent of imported cases of CHIK in dengue-suspected individuals returning from dengue-endemic regions. METHODS A total of 486 dengue-suspected serum samples were screened for CHIK by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and reverse trans...
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عنوان ژورنال: Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2210-9099
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.008