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Congenital and perinatal complications of chikungunya fever: a Latin American experience.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2016
Torres Jaime R, Falleiros-Arlant Luiza H, Dueñas Lourdes, Pleitez-Navarrete Jorge, Salgado Doris M, Castillo José Brea-Del
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BACKGROUND: During the years 2014 and 2015, the Region of the Americas underwent a devastating epidemic of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) of the Asian genotype, resulting in millions of affected individuals. However, epidemiological and clinical information on this experience is scarce. Prior knowledge of congenital and neonatal illness caused by CHIKV is limited and almost exclusively based on data obtained from a...
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