Specific management of post-chikungunya rheumatic disorders: a retrospective study of 159 cases in Reunion Island from 2006-2012

E Javelle, A Ribera, I Degasne… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Since 2003, the tropical arthritogenic chikungunya (CHIK) virus has become an
increasingly medical and economic burden in affected areas as it can often result in long …

Brief report: management of chronic post‐chikungunya rheumatic disease: the martinican experience

M Blettery, L Brunier, K Polomat, F Moinet… - Arthritis & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe chronic chikungunya manifestations seen during the outbreak in the
Caribbean from December 2013 to January 2015. Methods Patients were seen at our …

Rheumatic manifestations of chikungunya: emerging concepts and interventions

A Suhrbier - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2019 - nature.com
The largest epidemic ever recorded for chikungunya, a disease caused by infection with the
chikungunya virus (CHIKV), began in Africa in 2004 and spread to> 100 countries on four …

Post-epidemic Chikungunya disease on Reunion Island: course of rheumatic manifestations and associated factors over a 15-month period

D Sissoko, D Malvy, K Ezzedine… - PLoS neglected …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Although the acute manifestations of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) illness are well-
documented, few data exist about the long-term rheumatic outcomes of CHIKV-infected …

[HTML][HTML] Post-chikungunya chronic inflammatory rheumatism: results from a retrospective follow-up study of 283 adult and child cases in La Virginia, Risaralda …

AJ Rodriguez-Morales, AF Gil-Restrepo… - …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: There are limited studies in Latin America regarding the chronic consequences of
the Chikungunya virus (CHIK), such as post-CHIK chronic inflammatory rheumatism (pCHIK …

Chikungunya virus infection in Aruba: Diagnosis, clinical features and predictors of post-chikungunya chronic polyarthralgia

R Huits, J De Kort, R Van Den Berg, L Chong… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) emerged in Aruba for the first time in 2014. We
studied the clinical presentation of acute CHIKV infection and the contribution of serologic …

Rheumatic manifestations associated with Chikungunya virus infection: A study of 307 patients with 32-month follow-up (RHUMATOCHIK study)

E Bouquillard, A Fianu, M Bangil, N Charlette, A Ribéra… - Joint bone spine, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives In the wake of the Chikungunya epidemic which struck Reunion Island in 2005
and 2006, we conducted a prospective, multicentre study (RHUMATOCHIK) whose main …

Chikungunya fever: a clinical and virological investigation of outpatients on Reunion Island, South-West Indian Ocean

SD Thiberville, V Boisson, J Gaudart… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is responsible for acute febrile polyarthralgia and,
in a proportion of cases, severe complications including chronic arthritis. CHIKV has spread …

Prevalence of and risk factors for chronic arthralgia and rheumatoid-like polyarthritis more than 2 years after infection with chikungunya virus

K Essackjee, S Goorah, SK Ramchurn… - Postgraduate …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), transmitted to humans from infected mosquitoes,
causes acute fever, arthralgia and rash. There is increasing evidence that it also causes …

Interventions for treating patients with chikungunya virus infection-related rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review

A Marti-Carvajal, P Ramon-Pardo, E Javelle, F Simon… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Chikungunya virus infection (CHIKV) is caused by a mosquito-borne
alphavirus. CHIKV causes high fever and painful rheumatic disorders that may persist for …