| Literature DB >> 19835977 |
Marie Christine Jaffar-Bandjee1, Trina Das, Jean Jacques Hoarau, Pascale Krejbich Trotot, Mélanie Denizot, Anne Ribera, Pierre Roques, Philippe Gasque.
Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes an acute symptomatic illness with fever, skin rash (hypersensitivity vasculitis), incapacitating arthralgia which can evolve to chronic arthritis in elderly patients. Clinical observations from cohort studies have been corroborated with data from experimental infection in several mouse and non-human primate models as discussed herein.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19835977 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.10.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700