Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in chikungunya: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Epidemiologic evidence suggests that patients with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection may be at risk of severe disease complications when they also have comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, cardiac diseases, and/or asthma. However, the prevalence of these co-existing medical conditi...

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Main Authors: Alaa Badawi, Seung Gwan Ryoo, Denitsa Vasileva, Sahar Yaghoubi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217303302