Burden of chikungunya in India: estimates of disability adjusted life years (DALY) lost in 2006 epidemic

Background & objectives: During 2006, chikungunya emerged as a major ever known epidemic in India. Disability adjusted life years (DALY) is an appropriate summary measure of population health to express epidemiological burden of diseases. We estimated the burden due to suspected chikungunya usin...

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Main Authors: K. Krishnamoorthy, K.T. Harichandrakumar, A. Krishna Kumari, L.K. Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-02-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/461026.pdf