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The Newala epidemic: III. The virus: isolation, pathogenic properties and relationship to the epidemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. W. Ross
R. W. Ross
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From the Virus Research Institute, Entebbe
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This report on a large outbreak of disease, known locally as ‘Chikungunya’, in the Newala district of Tanganyika concerns the circumstances of isolation of strains of virus, some of their properties, and their relation to the epidemic. The work, reported here, started in Newala from 18 February to 10 March, 1953, and continued thereafter in Entebbe.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , June 1956 , pp. 177 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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