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Comment
. 2019 Jun;24(24):19-00333.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.24.19-00333.

Letter to the editor: Chikungunya infection in travellers to Thailand: additional United Kingdom cases identified by specialist laboratory

Kirsten MacGregor  1 , Gemma Buckland-Merrett  2 , Daniel Bailey  1 , Emma Aarons  1
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Letter to the editor: Chikungunya infection in travellers to Thailand: additional United Kingdom cases identified by specialist laboratory

Kirsten MacGregor et al. Euro Surveill. 2019 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Thailand; United Kingdom; chikungunya virus; laboratory surveillance; outbreaks; sentinel surveillance; syndromic surveillance; travel; vector-borne infections.

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