Chikungunya : atypical and severe disease manifestations

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
• Description:
  Atypical and severe manifestations
  
  • Although most chikungunya virus infections result in fever and arthralgia, other clinical manifestations can occur.
  
  • Atypical or severe clinical manifestations can be due to the direct effects of the virus, immunologic response to the virus,
  
  drug toxicity, or diseases unrelated to chikungunya virus infection.
  
  • Some atypical or severe manifestations are more common in certain groups. For example, vesiculobullous lesions, febrile
  
  seizures, and meningoencephalitis have been reported in infants and young children.
  
  • Since many atypical and severe clinical manifestations will be unrelated to chikungunya virus infection, healthcare
  
  providers should consider and evaluate for other etiologies.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Chikungunya Fever/complications Chikungunya Fever/diagnosis Chikungunya Virus
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:702f0a3d7701e4818f6fe1c57add65481a61c940201c534edcc1a271a8766920
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26770/cdc_26770_DS1.pdf
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