[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya virus infection: report of the first case diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

IGC Albuquerque, R Marandino… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
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[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya in Brazil: an emerging challenge

MR Donalisio, ARR Freitas - Revista Brasileira de …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
For the first time in history it was documented an indigenous transmission of Chikungunya
fever in the Americas in the Caribbean in 2013. Then it has been confirmed in Oiapoque the …

[HTML][HTML] Large outbreaks of Chikungunya virus in Brazil reveal uncommon clinical features and fatalities

LTM Figueiredo - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The emergence of arboviruses such as Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Brazil is a serious
threat. CHIKV is an alphavirus (Togaviridae) that, in Africa, shifted from an enzootic …

[HTML][HTML] Alert: Severe cases and deaths associated with Chikungunya in Brazil

CAA Brito - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Since the detection of the Chikungunya virus in America in 2013, two million cases of the
disease have been notified worldwide. Severe cases and deaths related to Chikungunya …

[HTML][HTML] A major chikungunya epidemic with high mortality in northeastern Brazil

AR Simião, FKA Barreto, RMAB Oliveira… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION Chikungunya causes fever and severe and persistent joint pain.
METHODS We reported a chikungunya outbreak that occurred in Ceará State, Brazil …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiologic and clinical investigations during a chikungunya outbreak in Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil

JD Monteiro, JG Valverde, IC Morais, CRM Souza… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The first autochthonous case of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in Brazil was in
September 2014 in the State of Amapá, and from there it rapidly spread across the country …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya: an arbovirus infection in the process of establishment and expansion in Brazil

NA Honório, DCP Câmara, GA Calvet… - Cadernos de saude …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Within the group of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, mosquito-borne
arboviruses like dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are considered …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya virus infection with severe neurologic manifestations: report of four fatal cases

PKO Sá, MM Nunes, IR Leite… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Here, we present four patients with confirmed Chikungunya virus infection showing atypical
neurologic manifestations and death. This case series includes patients ranging in age from …

[HTML][HTML] Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus in a rural community in Brazil

RV Cunha, KS Trinta, CA Montalbano… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The emergence of the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is currently expanding. In
2015, 38,332 cases of Chikungunya were reported to the Brazilian epidemiological …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya virus: clinical aspects and treatment-A Review

RV Cunha, KS Trinta - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Chikungunya is a severe and debilitating disease. Currently, Brazil is experiencing an
epidemic caused by three arboviruses, which has changed the way health professionals …