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Chikungunya virus infection in Aruba: Diagnosis, clinical features and predictors of post-chikungunya chronic polyarthralgia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Huits Ralph, De Kort Jaclyn, Van Den Berg Riemsdijk, Chong Luis, Tsoumanis Achilleas, Eggermont Kaat, Bartholomeeusen Koen, Ariën Kevin K, Jacobs Jan, Van Esbroeck Marjan, Bottieau Emmanuel, Cnops Lieselotte
Abstract excerpt
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 and molecular assays to its diagnosis. In a cohort of confirmed CHIKV cases, we analysed the frequency, duration and predictors of post-chikungunya chronic polyarthralgia (pCHIK-CPA), defined as joint pains lasting longer than 6 weeks or...
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