[PDF][PDF] Lack of response of Chikungunya chronic infection with low-dose naltrexone: a case series

JF Carvalho - infectiousjournal.com
BACKGROUND The Chikungunya virus (CKV), a member of the Togaviridae family,
Alphavirus genus, was first isolated from humans in 1952 in the coastal area of Muawiya …

[HTML][HTML] That which bends up: a case report and literature review of chikungunya virus

SM Peper, BJ Monson, T Van Schooneveld… - Journal of general …, 2016 - Springer
We present a case of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in a 39-year-old female who developed an
acute febrile illness marked by polyarthralgia and rash after returning from Saint Lucia. This …

[HTML][HTML] Drug Therapeutic in the Subacute and Chronic Phase of Chikungunya Virus Infection

MSQ Silva, RCM Sousa, CAM Caldas - Open Journal of Rheumatology …, 2021 - scirp.org
Background: Chikungunya fever is an infectious disease that can evolve to a subacute or
chronic condition, with changes in the daily activities of patients. Drugs that aim to reduce …

[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 …

Seroprevalence of chikungunya virus after its emergence in Brazil

P Gérardin, ARR Freitas, D Sissoko - Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 - stacks.cdc.gov
To the Editor: In their well-designed and timely serosurvey, Dias et al. provide evidence of
high prevalence of East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype chikungunya virus …

[HTML][HTML] First chikungunya outbreak in Suriname; clinical and epidemiological features

FT van Genderen, I Krishnadath, R Sno… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background In June 2014, Suriname faced the first Chikungunya outbreak. Since
international reports mostly focus on hospitalized patients, the least affected group, a study …

Chikungunya in Brazil: rheumatologists on the front line

JK Amaral, RT Schoen - The Journal of rheumatology, 2018 - jrheum.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an enveloped, spherical single-stranded RNA virus about 60–
70 nm in diameter, belonging to the alphavirus genus and family Togaviridae. CHIKV is …

Chikungunya

MR Amin, MM Rahman, QT Islam - Journal of Medicine, 2017 - search.proquest.com
Conclusion: Chikungunya epidemics, with the high attack rate of CHIKV, affect a large
number of people in a short period of time associated with early rain fall (early monsoon) …

Atypical clinical presentation of chikungunya fever in critical care

Y Lamberto, P Saul, S Caceres, V Chediack, E Cunto - Medicina, 2024 - europepmc.org
Chikungunya virus is an Alphavirus, it belongs to the family Togaviridae and is transmitted
by mosquitoes. It was first described during an outbreak in Southern Tanzania in 1952. It …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of chronic kidney disease on chikungunya virus infection clinical manifestations and outcome: highlights during an outbreak in northeastern Brazil

GB da Silva Junior, JR Pinto, RMS Mota… - The American Journal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The northeastern region of Brazil has faced in the last 2 years the largest outbreak of
chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in its history. There are still few studies on kidney …