The recent emergence and re-emergence of viral infections transmitted by vectors—Zika,
chikungunya, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile, yellow fever and others—is a …

Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral illness characterized by a sudden onset of
fever associated with joint pains. It was first described in the 1950s during a Chikungunya …

Background Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne disease caused by an arthritogenic
alphavirus, with four genotypes: East Central South African (ECSA), West African, ECSA …

In the past decade, arboviruses—arthropod‐borne viruses—have been the focus of public
health institutions worldwide following a spate of devastating outbreaks. Chikungunya virus …

Objective To estimate the frequency of chronic joint pain after infection with chikungunya
virus in a Latin American cohort. Methods A cross‐sectional follow‐up of a prospective …

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 …

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 …

Background Epidemiologic evidence suggests that patients with chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
infection may be at risk of severe disease complications when they also have comorbidities …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne alphavirus. Alphaviruses are positive
strand RNA viruses that require a 5′ cap structure to direct translation of the viral …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged as one of the many medically important
arboviruses that have spread rampantly across the world in the past decade. Infected …