Risk factors for hospitalization of patients with chikungunya virus infection at sentinel hospitals in Puerto Rico.

• Main Authors: Christopher H Hsu (Author), Fabiola Cruz-Lopez (Author), Danulka Vargas Torres (Author), Janice Perez-Padilla (Author), Olga D Lorenzi (Author), Aidsa Rivera (Author), J Erin Staples (Author), Esteban Lugo (Author), Jorge Munoz-Jordan (Author), Marc Fischer (Author), Carlos Garcia Gubern (Author), Brenda Rivera Garcia (Author), Luisa Alvarado (Author), Tyler M Sharp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Hospitalization of patients during outbreaks of chikungunya virus has been reported to be uncommon (0.5-8.7%), but more frequent among infants and the elderly. CHIKV was first detected in Puerto Rico in May 2014. We enrolled patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) pr...