Recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the diagnosis and treatment of chikungunya fever. Part 2 - Treatment

Abstract Chikungunya fever has become an important public health problem in countries where epidemics occur because half of the cases progress to chronic, persistent and debilitating arthritis. Literature data on specific therapies at the various phases of arthropathy caused by chikungunya virus (CH...

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Main Authors: Claudia Diniz Lopes Marques, Angela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Aline Ranzolin, Andrea Tavares Dantas, Nara Gualberto Cavalcanti, Rafaela Silva Guimarães Gonçalves, Laurindo Ferreira da Rocha Junior, Lilian David de Azevedo Valadares, Ana Karla Guedes de Melo, Eutilia Andrade Medeiros Freire, Roberto Teixeira, Francisco Alves Bezerra Neto, Marta Maria das Chagas Medeiros, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Mario Sergio F. Santos, Regina Adalva de L. Couto Océa, Roger A. Levy, Carlos Augusto Ferreira de Andrade, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Mirhelen Mendes Abreu, José Fernando Verztman, Selma Merenlender, Sandra Lucia Euzebio Ribeiro, Izaias Pereira da Costa, Gecilmara Pileggi, Virginia Fernandes Moça Trevisani, Max Igor Banks Lopes, Carlos Brito, Eduardo Figueiredo, Fabio Queiroga, Tiago Feitosa, Angélica da Silva Tenório, Gisela Rocha de Siqueira, Renata Paiva, José Tupinambá Sousa Vasconcelos, Georges Christopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
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