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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, Funkhouser, Ellen, Kotea, Navaratnam, Spielman, Andrew, Robich, Rebecca M   +4 more
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Chikungunya Fever

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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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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Cutaneous manifestations of chikungunya fever: Observations from an outbreak at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southeast Rajasthan, India

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, Manoj K Sharma, Suresh K Jain, Sumit K Yadav, Anil K Singhal   +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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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, Erik Martínez-Landeros, Juan L. Delgado-Gallegos, Sandra Caballero-Sosa, Iliana R. Malo-García, Ildefonso Fernández-Salas, Javier Ramos-Jiménez, Ana M. Rivas-Estilla   +7 more
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Chik Sign: A Clinical Clue to Chikungunya Infection- A Case Series [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Chikungunya, 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, Shreya Srinivasan, NR Vignesh, Ashok Kumar, S Santhosh   +4 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, Shannan L, Rossi, Scott C, Weaver   +2 more
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Estimating drivers of autochthonous transmission of Chikungunya virus in its invasion of the Americas

, 2015
Background: Chikungunya is an emerging arbovirus that has caused explosive outbreaks in Africa and Asia for decades and invaded the Americas just over a year ago.
Tatem, A.J., Andrew J. Tatem, Perkins, T. Alex, Metcalf, C.J.E., Bryan T. Grenfell, Tatem, Andrew J., C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Perkins, T.A., Grenfell, Bryan T., T. Alex Perkins, Grenfell, B.T.   +11 more
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Bridging the translational gap in clinical nanomedicine: From rational design to clinical reality

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Nanotechnology offers a multi‐faceted approach to modern healthcare, encompassing high‐sensitivity diagnostic imaging, innovative vaccine delivery, and targeted therapeutics. This review explores how these nanomedicine applications address critical challenges in cancer recurrence and the treatment of neurologic and respiratory diseases to combat rising
Ahmed H. Ghonaim, Marwa Ahmed El‐Naka, Wedad M. Nageeb, Atta Ullah Khan, Noura M. Seleem, Aliaa Abdelghafar, Doaa Zamel, Yang Liu, Qigai He, Wentao Li   +9 more
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