A case of chikungunya virus disease presenting with remarkable acute arthritis of a previously damaged finger joint

Abstract: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne arthritogenic alphavirus that has recently been introduced to Brazil. We report the case of a 36-year-old male patient from the City of Rio de Janeiro who developed molecularly-confirmed CHIKV disease and whose clinical picture was remarkable b...

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Main Authors: Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva, Henrique de Barros Pinto Neto, Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000600790&lng=en&tlng=en