Chikungunya virus outbreak in Sint Maarten: Long-term arthralgia after a 15-month period

Chikungunya virus outbreak in Sint Maarten: Long-term arthralgia after a 15-month period

Background & objectives: The first chikungunya (CHIK) epidemic in the Americas was reported in December 2013. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes an acute febrile illness and is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. Although earlier studies have described long-term clinical manifestations of C...

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Main Authors: C.M.M. Peters, R Pijnacker, E B Fanoy, L.J.T. Bouwman, L E de Langen, J.H.T.C. van den Kerkhof, J Reimerink, E Pilot, M Henry, V Asin Oostburg, M.A.H. Braks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Arthralgia; Caribbean; chikungunya; Sint Maarten; vector-borne diseases
Online Access:http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2018;volume=55;issue=2;spage=137;epage=143;aulast=Peters

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http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2018;volume=55;issue=2;spage=137;epage=143;aulast=Peters

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