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] Encephalitis associated with the chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Brazil: report of 2 cases with neuroimaging findings

LP Pereira, R Villas-Bôas, SSO Scott… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Chikungunya, an alphavirus infection presenting with fever, rash, and polyarthritis, is most
often an acute febrile illness. Neurologic complications of chikungunya infection have been …

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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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 …

Spectrum of neurological complications in chikungunya fever: experience at a tertiary care centre and review of literature

KS Anand, AK Agrawal, J Garg, RK Dhamija… - Tropical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Chikungunya (CHIK) has re-emerged as a potential neurotropic virus, with outbreaks
recently being reported from many parts of India. The present study was conducted to study …

[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 …

Events preceding death among chikungunya virus infected patients: a systematic review.

J Cerbino-Neto, EC Mesquita, RT Amancio… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Since its re-emergence in the late 1990s, there have been reports of Chikungunya fever
(CHIK-F) presenting with severe or atypical findings. There is little knowledge regarding the …

Immunoglobulin-responsive chikungunya encephalitis: two case reports

SSO Scott, P Braga-Neto, LP Pereira… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Chikungunya virus is an alphavirus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes, mainly Aedes
aegypti and Aedes albopictus, that can cause acute illness, mostly self-limited, characterized …

[HTML][HTML] Atypical neurological manifestations of chikungunya fever: two case reports

SK Mahto, PK Gupta, A Singh… - Indian Journal of Critical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chikungunya fever (CHIK) is an arboviral disease which is transmitted by a mosquito bite
(Aedes aegypti). Fever, polyarthralgia, and maculopapular rash are hallmark clinical …

Fatal cases of Chikungunya virus infection in Colombia: Diagnostic and treatment challenges

JM de la Hoz, B Bayona, S Viloria, JL Accini… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although Chikungunya infection is emerging as an important public health problem in many
countries, it is not regarded as a life-threatening disease. Information dealing with fatal …