Chikungunya disease: infection-associated markers from the acute to the chronic phase of arbovirus-induced arthralgia.

• Main Authors: Laurence Dupuis-Maguiraga (Author), Marion Noret (Author), Sonia Brun (Author), Roger Le Grand (Author), Gabriel Gras (Author), Pierre Roques (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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At the end of 2005, an outbreak of fever associated with joint pain occurred in La Réunion. The causal agent, chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has been known for 50 years and could thus be readily identified. This arbovirus is present worldwide, particularly in India, but also in Europe, with new variant...