First chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: a trail of viral attacks

Despite explicit warning from the National Institute of Health, Pakistan experienced its first chikungunya outbreak in the metropolis of Karachi. We underscore the attention of health authorities and healthcare professionals towards contributing factors associated with this outbreak and the measures...

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Autores principales: Mallhi, T.H., Khan, Y.H., Khan, A.H., Tanveer, N., Qadir, M.I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28663798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.008
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spelling pubmed-54802742017-06-29 First chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: a trail of viral attacks Mallhi, T.H. Khan, Y.H. Khan, A.H. Tanveer, N. Qadir, M.I. New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor Despite explicit warning from the National Institute of Health, Pakistan experienced its first chikungunya outbreak in the metropolis of Karachi. We underscore the attention of health authorities and healthcare professionals towards contributing factors associated with this outbreak and the measures required to combat this viral disease. Elsevier 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5480274/ /pubmed/28663798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.008 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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