A clinical scoring system to predict long-term arthralgia in Chikungunya disease: A cohort study.

• Main Authors: Laise de Moraes (Author), Thiago Cerqueira-Silva (Author), Victor Nobrega (Author), Kevan Akrami (Author), Luciane Amorim Santos (Author), Cibele Orge (Author), Paula Casais (Author), Lais Cambui (Author), Rita de Cássia Pontello Rampazzo (Author), Karen Soares Trinta (Author), Camila Amato Montalbano (Author), Maria Jania Teixeira (Author), Luciano Pamplona Cavalcante (Author), Bruno B Andrade (Author), Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha (Author), Marco Aurélio Krieger (Author), Manoel Barral-Netto (Author), Aldina Barral (Author), Ricardo Khouri (Author), Viviane Sampaio Boaventura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has caused worldwide epidemics that impose a major burden on health systems. Approximately half of infected individuals develop chronic debilitating arthralgia, affecting their quality of life. Here, we identified the relevant clinical and dem...