BACKGROUND Chikungunya fever is an emerging arboviral disease characterized by an algo-eruptive syndrome, inflammatory polyarthralgias, or tenosynovitis that can last for months to years. Up to now, the pathophysiology of the chronic stage is poorly understood. CASE PRESENTATION We report the first case of CHIKV infection with chronic associated rheumatism in a patient who developed progressi...

A 32 year old Indian male patient presented with chief complaints of a high fever, erythema on ear, severe polyarthritic joint pains & swelling, non pitting pedal oedema, facial puffiness and itching for past four days. He had no significant past medical and drug history and was serologically confirmed to have Chikungunya. Oral cavity inspection revealed whitish non erythematous pseudo membrano...

Chikungunya is an acute febrile illness caused by an alphavirus which is transmitted by infective Aedes mosquitoes. Two previous outbreaks of chikungunya in Malaysia were due to chikungunya virus of Asian genotype. The present outbreak involved two adjoining areas in the suburb of Ipoh city within the Kinta district of Perak, a state in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Thirty seven res...

Chikungunya fever, a disease caused by chikungunya virus, was almost a forgotten disease until recently; when it reemerged in Indian ocean islands in 2005-2006. Within no time it acquired gigantic proportions affecting few million people in Asian countries, mainly India and Southeast Asian countries. Previously characterised as a self limiting disease, it appeared in more aggressive form during...

We describe two neonates in whom chikungunya infection was confirmed by RNA PCR. Important clinical features include apnea, fever, erythematous maculo-papular rash and generalized hyperpigmentation.

Chikungunya virus is a member of the genus Alphavirus, in the family Togaviridae. Infected mosquitoes can spread the virus to other humans when they bite. The symptoms include fever, petechial or maculopapular rash and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints mainly in adults. The illness is usually self-limiting and will resolve with time. The time of greatest risk of transmission fro...

Chikungunya fever is reported in India after 32 years. Immunoglobulin M antibodies and virus isolation confirmed the cause. Phylogenic analysis based on partial sequences of NS4 and E1 genes showed that all earlier isolates (1963-1973) were Asian genotype, whereas the current and Yawat (2000) isolates were African genotype.

Chikungunya (CHIK) is a disease caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus (the mosquitos Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus). The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is present all over the world. Several clinical symptoms have been associated with CHIK including hair loss. The aim of this review is to present some symptoms related to CHIK, tissues and organs targeted by the CHIKV and to suggest how the infec...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Chikungunya (CHIK) fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Chikungunya infection was first reported from India in 1963 from Kolkata. We report the serological and molecular evidence of an outbreak of chikungunya in northeast India that occurred in Tura, a hilly and forested terrain in Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. METHODS Blood sample...