Clinical markers of post-Chikungunya chronic inflammatory joint disease: A Brazilian cohort.

• Main Authors: Carolina Dos Santos Lázari (Author), Mariana Severo Ramundo (Author), Felipe Ten-Caten (Author), Clarisse S Bressan (Author), Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis (Author), Erika Regina Manuli (Author), Isabella de Moraes (Author), Geovana Maria Pereira (Author), Marina Farrel Côrtes (Author), Darlan da Silva Candido (Author), Alexandra L Gerber (Author), Ana Paula Guimarães (Author), Nuno Rodrigues Faria (Author), Helder I Nakaya (Author), Ana Tereza R Vasconcelos (Author), Patrícia Brasil (Author), Gláucia Paranhos-Baccalà (Author), Ester Cerdeira Sabino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Chikungunya-fever (CHIKF) remains a public health major issue. It is clinically divided into three phases: acute, post-acute and chronic. Chronic cases correspond to 25-40% individuals and, though most of them are characterized by long-lasting arthralgia alone, many of...