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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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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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Etiology of Severe Non-malaria Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
, 2013 The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not approached fever in a comprehensive manner.
AJ Bouley +52 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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Lobular panniculitis associated with chikungunya fever: A case report
IDCases, 2018 Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease classically characterized by an acute onset of fever, arthralgia, and skin rash. In this article, we report the acute febrile illness of an adult female with arthropathy and morbilliform eruptions.
Siripan Sangmala +4 more
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Efficacy of Two Common Methods of Application of Residual Insecticide for Controlling the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), in Urban Areas [PDF]
, 2015 After its first introduction in the 1980's the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), has spread throughout Southern Europe. Ae. albopictus is considered an epidemiologically important vector for the transmission of many viral pathogens such as ...
Baseggio, A. +6 more
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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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Arbovirus emergence in the temperate city of Córdoba, Argentina, 2009-2018 [PDF]
, 2019 The distribution of arbovirus disease transmission is expanding from the tropics and subtropics into temperate regions worldwide. The temperate city of Córdoba, Argentina has been experiencing the emergence of dengue virus, transmitted by the mosquito ...
Benitez, Elisabet Marina +6 more
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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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Zika virus and the never-ending story of emerging pathogens and transfusion medicine [PDF]
, 2016 In the last few years, the transfusion medicine community has been paying special attention to emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by arboviruses.
Grazzini, Giuliano +4 more
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