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A study of the outbreak of Chikungunya fever [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013 Background and Objectives: Chikungunya fever occurred in an epidemic form in the state of Maharashtra after a gap of about 32 years. Many cases with symptoms which were suggestive of Chikungunya fever were reported from the village Kasegaon, Dist ...
SUPRIYA SATISH PATIL +3 more
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Fever in a traveler returning from the Amazon. Do not forget hepatitis A
IDCases, 2016 Travelers returning from the tropics with fever remain a diagnostic challenge. Fever and chills suggest malaria, but may be present in dengue, chikungunya and influenza, and splenomegaly favors malaria or typhoid fever.
Burke A. Cunha +2 more
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Climate teleconnections and recent patterns of human and animal disease outbreaks. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 Recent clusters of outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases (Rift Valley fever and chikungunya) in Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean islands illustrate how interannual climate variability influences the changing risk patterns of disease outbreaks ...
Assaf Anyamba +9 more
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Genetic predisposition to chikungunya – a blood group study in chikungunya affected families
Virology Journal, 2009 Chikungunya fever is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of CHIKV virus infected Aedes mosquitoes. During monsoon outbreak of chikungunya fever, we carried out the genetic predisposition to chikungunya in disease affected 100 families by ...
Ramakrishna Vadde +2 more
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Continuous Circulation of Chikungunya Virus during COVID-19 Pandemic in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Chikungunya fever is a self-limiting viral illness that is caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV). CHIKV is found in multiple provinces of Indonesia, with clustered local outbreaks.
Marsha Sinditia Santoso +8 more
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Diagnosis and Management of Imported Chikungunya Fever in Taiwan: A Case Report
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2010 Chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus, is endemic in Africa and Southeast Asia but is rarely reported in Taiwan. We report the case of a Taiwanese woman who developed Chikungunya fever, which was first diagnosed by a clinician rather than by ...
Ko Chang +5 more
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Chikungunya Fever, Mauritius, 2006
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 To the Editor: When an outbreak of chikungunya fever swept across several Indian Ocean islands in 2005 and 2006, the international public health community’s attention was drawn to chikungunya virus (genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae). Among those areas affected was the Republic of Mauritius, located ≈900 km east of Madagascar, which has an estimated
Beesoon, Sanjay +4 more
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Outbreak of Chikungunya in the Republic of Congo and the global picture
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011 Chikungunya fever is a crippling disease caused by an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Although Chikungunya virus is not often associated with mortality, the effects of virus outbreaks are often devastating ...
Alyson Ann Kelvin
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Viruses, 2022 Chikungunya virus, the causative agent of chikungunya fever, is generally characterized by the sudden onset of symptoms, including fever, rash, myalgia, and headache.
Mohamad S. Hakim, Abu T. Aman
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Journal of Dhaka Medical College, 2013 J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 21, No. 2, October, 2012, Page 129-130 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v21i2.15298
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