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- Title
Chikungunya fever: a clinical and virological investigation of outpatients on Reunion Island, South-West Indian Ocean.
- Authors
Thiberville, Simon-Djamel; Boisson, Veronique; Gaudart, Jean; Simon, Fabrice; Flahault, Antoine; de Lamballerie, Xavier
- Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is responsible for acute febrile polyarthralgia and, in a proportion of cases, severe complications including chronic arthritis. CHIKV has spread recently in East Africa, South-West Indian Ocean, South-Asia and autochthonous cases have been reported in Europe. Although almost all patients are outpatients, medical investigations mainly focused on hospitalised patients.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1, pe2004
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0002004