Articular compromise after chikungunya fever in a second tier hospital during the 2015 epidemic. Asunción, Paraguay

• Main Authors: Jhonatan Losanto (Author), Susan Riquelme-Granada (Author), Yanira Yinde (Author), Margarita Duarte (Author), Francisco Giménez (Author), Aldo Ojeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedad Paraguaya de Reumatología, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Chikungunya fever is a viral disease caused by an alphavirus from the Togaviridae family, that is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. It is manifested by fever, skin rash and joint pain. A high percentage of patients develop a persistent polyarthritis that can last for months...