Congenital Chikungunya

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection manifesting in neonates is very rare. The prevalence of the entity was described only recently. We describe a neonate with chikungunya who presented with severe thrombocytopenia and features of multisytem involvement. Identification of this entity based on clinica...

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Autores principales: Gopakumar, Hariharan, Ramachandran, Sivji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24027715
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.101704
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description Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection manifesting in neonates is very rare. The prevalence of the entity was described only recently. We describe a neonate with chikungunya who presented with severe thrombocytopenia and features of multisytem involvement. Identification of this entity based on clinical and epidemiological background helps in appropriate management and aids in prognostication of the affected neonate.
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spelling pubmed-37620162013-09-11 Congenital Chikungunya Gopakumar, Hariharan Ramachandran, Sivji J Clin Neonatol Case Report Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection manifesting in neonates is very rare. The prevalence of the entity was described only recently. We describe a neonate with chikungunya who presented with severe thrombocytopenia and features of multisytem involvement. Identification of this entity based on clinical and epidemiological background helps in appropriate management and aids in prognostication of the affected neonate. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3762016/ /pubmed/24027715 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.101704 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762016/
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