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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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Mucocutaneous manifestations of Chikungunya fever
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2010 Chikungunya fever (CF) is an arboviral acute febrile illness transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. After a quiescence of more than three decades, CF has recently re-emerged as a major public health problem of global scale. CF is characterized by an acute onset of high fever associated with a severe disabling arthritis often accompanied ...
Bandyopadhyay Debabrata, Ghosh Sudip
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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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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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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2017 Background: Chikungunya fever is caused by chikungunya virus which is transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes.
Ramesh Kumar +4 more
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Chikungunya myeloradiculopathy: A rare complication
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2012 Chikungunya, an alpha virus belonging to the family of Togaviridae is transmitted to humans by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito and presents with fever, headache, rash, and severe arthralgia.
Mohana Krishnan, Rahul, Krishnamoorthy
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Chikungunya fever and lymphedema of limbs. [PDF]
J Vasc Bras, 2020 Joob B, Wiwanitkit V, Marques MA.
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Chik Sign: A Clinical Clue to Chikungunya Infection- A Case Series [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchChikungunya, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, manifests with fever, joint pain, and a distinctive cutaneous feature known as the “Chik sign” or “Brownie nose.” The Chik sign is an asymptomatic freckled hyperpigmentation of the tip and ala of the nose and
Geo Danny +4 more
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Molecular and Clinical Characterization of Chikungunya Virus Infections in Southeast Mexico
Viruses, 2018 Chikungunya fever is an arthropod-borne infection caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Even though clinical features of Chikungunya fever in the Mexican population have been described before, there is no detailed information. The aim of this study was to
Kame A. Galán-Huerta +7 more
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Development of Vaccines for Chikungunya Fever [PDF]
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Chikungunya fever, an acute and often chronic arthralgic disease caused by the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has reemerged since 2004 to cause millions of cases. Because CHIKV exhibits limited antigenic diversity and is not known to be capable of reinfection, a vaccine could serve to both prevent disease and diminish human amplification ...
Jesse H, Erasmus +2 more
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