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Screening for Chikungunya virus infection in aged people: Development and internal validation of a new score.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Godaert Lidvine, Bartholet Seendy, Najioullah Fatiha, Hentzien Maxime, Fanon Jean-Luc, Césaire Raymond, Dramé Moustapha
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to derive and validate a score for Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection screening in old people admitted to acute care units. METHODS: This study was performed in the Martinique University Hospitals from retrospective cases. Patients were aged 65+, admitted to acute care units for suspected CHIKV infection in 2014, with biological testing using Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain...
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