Chikungunya fever

K Bartholomeeusen, M Daniel, DA LaBeaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

Chikungunya and arthritis: An overview

R Kumar, S Ahmed, HA Parray, S Das - Travel medicine and infectious …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chikungunya is caused by CHIKV (chikungunya virus), an emerging and re-emerging
arthropod-vectored viral infection that causes a febrile disease with primarily long term …

Sales of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine in India during the COVID-19 epidemic: An interrupted time series analysis

G Sulis, B Batomen, A Kotwani, M Pai, S Gandra - PLoS medicine, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background We assessed the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic
in India on the consumption of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in the private …

In silico design of a multi-epitope Chimera from Aedes aegypti salivary proteins OBP 22 and OBP 10: A promising candidate vaccine

S Sankar - Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Linear and conformation B-cell epitopes and MHC class-I and class-II binding T-
cell epitopes were predicted using bioinformatic tools. Selected B-and T-cell epitopes were …

Long-term Chikungunya sequelae and quality of life 2.5 years post-acute disease in a prospective cohort in Curaçao

C Doran, J Elsinga, A Fokkema… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Little is known about the persistence and impact of non-rheumatic symptoms
after acute chikungunya disease. We have studied the clinical presentation and long-term …

Post-exertional malaise among people with long COVID compared to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)

SD Vernon, M Hartle, K Sullivan, J Bell, S Abbaszadeh… - Work, 2023 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Long COVID describes a condition with symptoms that linger for months to
years following acute COVID-19. Many of these Long COVID symptoms are like those …

Infectious mimics of rheumatoid arthritis

V Sharma, A Sharma - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can have various infectious mimics. As immunosuppressive
agents used in treatment can aggravate the underlying infections, correct diagnosis of RA …

The clinical manifestation and the influence of age and comorbidities on long-term chikungunya disease and health-related quality of life: a 60-month prospective …

C Doran, I Gerstenbluth, A Duits, N Lourents… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Persistent rheumatic symptoms and its impact on health-related quality of life
(QoL), induced by the Indian Ocean Lineage (IOL) chikungunya virus (CHIKV) genotype …

Virological, serological and clinical analysis of chikungunya virus infection in Thai patients

YM Tun, P Charunwatthana, C Duangdee, J Satayarak… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
From 2018 to 2020, the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak re-emerged in Thailand with a
record of more than 10,000 cases up until the end of 2020. Here, we studied acute CHIKV …

Ankle arthritis–an important signpost in rheumatologic practice

PDW Kiely, ME Lloyd - Rheumatology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ankle arthritis is a useful clinical signpost to differential diagnosis in rheumatic disease.
Biomechanical features and differences in cartilage physiology compared with the knee may …