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Risk of chronic arthralgia and impact of pain on daily activities in a cohort of patients with chikungunya virus infection from Brazil

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: To investigate risk factors for persistent arthralgia in patients with chikungunya, and describe its impact on daily activities. Methods: From September 2014 to July 2016, a surveillance study enrolled patients with acute febrile illness in ...
Monaíse M.O. Silva   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the Wolbachia-mediated inhibition of arboviruses in mosquitoes: progress and challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) pose a considerable threat to human and animal health, yet effective control measures have proven difficult to implement, and novel means of controlling their replication in arthropod vectors, such as mosquitoes, are
Dietrich, Isabelle   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Chikungunya virus and prospects for a vaccine [PDF]

open access: yesExpert Review of Vaccines, 2012
In 2004, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged from East Africa to cause devastating epidemics of debilitating and often chronic arthralgia that have affected millions of people in the Indian Ocean Basin and Asia. More limited epidemics initiated by travelers subsequently occurred in Italy and France, as well as human cases exported to most regions of ...
Scott C, Weaver   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The spectrum of neurological disease associated with Zika and chikungunya viruses in adults in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A case series.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundDuring 2015-16 Brazil experienced the largest epidemic of Zika virus ever reported. This arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) has been linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in adults but other neurological associations are uncertain. Chikungunya
Ravi Mehta   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chikungunya outbreak in Delhi, India, 2016: report on coinfection status and comorbid conditions in patients

open access: yesNew Microbes and New Infections, 2017
Chikungunya fever is a major public health issue in India affecting billions. After 2010, the infection was in a decline until in 2016, when a massive outbreak affected the country. In this report, we present serologic and molecular investigations of 600
N. Kaur   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus infections in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Objectives. To characterize the distribution profile of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus infections in Latin America and the Caribbean and to identify possible factors associated with the risk of dissemination and severity of these arboviruses ...
Letícia L.M. Santos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial and temporal hot spots of Aedes albopictus abundance inside and outside a South European metropolitan area [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Aedes albopictus is a tropical invasive species which in the last decades spread worldwide, also colonizing temperate regions of Europe and US, where it has become a public health concern due to its ability to transmit exotic arboviruses, as well as ...
Caputo, Beniamino   +8 more
core   +4 more sources

Frequency of Chikungunya Virus Infection in the Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi

open access: yesJournal of Islamic International Medical College, 2021
Objective: To determine the frequency of Chikungunya virus infection in the tertiary care hospital of Karachi during the time from 1stJanuary 2017 till 31st December 2018. Study Design: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study.
Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Fatima Fasih, Mohammad Sohaib Tauheed, Saba Hassan, Sambreen Zameer
doaj  

Manifestaciones mucocutáneas atípicas por fiebre por el virus del chikungunya en neonatos y lactantes de Cúcuta, Los Patios y Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, Colombia, 2014

open access: yesBiomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2016
Introducción. Se han observado manifestaciones clínicas atípicas en recién nacidos y lactantes con fiebre por el virus del chikungunya. Objetivo. Describir los casos de fiebre causada por el virus del chikungunya en recién nacidos y lactantes con ...
Claudia Marcela Muñoz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Two Common Methods of Application of Residual Insecticide for Controlling the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), in Urban Areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +3 more sources

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