Chikungunya: a potentially emerging epidemic?

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on April 27, 2010

Authors

Michelle M Thiboutot1, Senthil Kannan, Omkar U Kawalekar, Devon J Shedlock, Amir S Khan, Gopalsamy Sarangan, Padma Srikanth, David B Weiner, Karuppiah Muthumani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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