Chikungunya Fever: A Clinical and Virological Investigation of Outpatients on Reunion Island, South-West Indian Ocean

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Authors

Simon-Djamel Thiberville · Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes

Véronique Boisson · Peuplements végétaux et bioagresseurs en milieu tropical

Jean Gaudart · Economic & Social Sciences, Health Systems & Medical Informatics

Fabrice Simon · Hôpital Laveran

Antoine Flahault · Université Paris Cité

Xavier de Lamballerie · École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique

Abstract

This study provided a detailed picture of clinico-biological CHIK evolution at the acute phase of the disease, allowed the elaboration of scores to assist CHIK diagnosis and investigated for the first time the impact of viral intra-host genetic diversity on the disease course.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control Viral Infections and Vectors Malaria Research and Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. e2004-e2004

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002004

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