Infect Chemother.  2015 Jun;47(2):123-124. 10.3947/ic.2015.47.2.123.

Fever and Prominent Arthralgia in a Traveler who Returned from Amazonia: Differentiating between Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Fever

• Cunha BA
• Gran A
• Klein NC

• KMID: 2068998
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2015.47.2.123

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Arthralgia*
Dengue*
Fever*

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