Prevalence of chronic chikungunya and associated risks factors in the French West Indies (La Martinique): A prospective cohort study.

• Main Authors: Antoine Bertolotti (Author), Marême Thioune (Author), Sylvie Abel (Author), Gilda Belrose (Author), Isabelle Calmont (Author), Raymond Césaire (Author), Minerva Cervantes (Author), Laurence Fagour (Author), Émilie Javelle (Author), Catherine Lebris (Author), Fatiha Najioullah (Author), Sandrine Pierre-François (Author), Benoît Rozé (Author), Marie Vigan (Author), Cédric Laouénan (Author), André Cabié (Author), Chronic Chikungunya working group of University Medical Center of Martinique (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging alphavirus that can cause chronic and potentially incapacitating rheumatic musculoskeletal disorders known as chronic chikungunya arthritis (CCA). We conducted a prospective cohort study of CHIKV-infected subjects during the 2013 chikungunya...