Chikungunya virus-associated long-term arthralgia: a 36-month prospective longitudinal study.

• Main Authors: Clémentine Schilte (Author), Frederik Staikowsky (Author), Thérèse Couderc (Author), Yoann Madec (Author), Florence Carpentier (Author), Somar Kassab (Author), Matthew L Albert (Author), Marc Lecuit (Author), Alain Michault (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Arthritogenic alphaviruses, including Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), are responsible for acute fever and arthralgia, but can also lead to chronic symptoms. In 2006, a Chikungunya outbreak occurred in La Réunion Island, during which we constituted a prospective cohort of viremic patients (n ...