Persisting mixed cryoglobulinemia in Chikungunya infection.

• Main Authors: Manuela Oliver (Author), Marc Grandadam (Author), Catherine Marimoutou (Author), Christophe Rogier (Author), Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers (Author), Hugues Tolou (Author), Jean-Luc Moalic (Author), Philippe Kraemer (Author), Marc Morillon (Author), Jean-Jacques Morand (Author), Pierre Jeandel (Author), Philippe Parola (Author), Fabrice Simon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus, is responsible for a two-stage disabling disease, consisting of an acute febrile polyarthritis for the first 10 days, frequently followed by chronic rheumatisms, sometimes lasting for years. Up to now, the pathophysiology of the chronic stage has...