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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Perceived morbidity and community burden after a Chikungunya outbreak: the TELECHIK survey, a population-based cohort study

P Gérardin, A Fianu, D Malvy, C Mussard, K Boussaïd… - BMC medicine, 2011 - Springer
Background Persistent disabilities are key manifestations of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
infection, especially incapacitating polyarthralgia and fatigue. So far, little is known about …

Prospective study of Chikungunya virus acute infection in the Island of La Reunion during the 2005–2006 outbreak

F Staikowsky, F Talarmin, P Grivard, A Souab… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a recently re-emerged arthropod borne virus
responsible for a massive outbreak in the Indian Ocean and India, and extended to …

Persistent chronic inflammation and infection by Chikungunya arthritogenic alphavirus in spite of a robust host immune response

JJ Hoarau, MC Jaffar Bandjee… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Alphaviruses, including Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), produce a transient illness in humans,
but severe forms leading to chronic incapacitating arthralgia/arthritis have been reported by …

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 …

Acute Chikungunya and persistent musculoskeletal pain following the 2006 Indian epidemic: a 2-year prospective rural community study

A Chopra, V Anuradha, R Ghorpade… - Epidemiology & …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) data from population studies are sparse. During the 2006
epidemic, 509 clinical cases (43% attack rate) were identified in a village survey (West …