Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016

After the 2014–2015 outbreak of chikungunya virus in the US Virgin Islands, we compared the prevalence of persistent arthralgia among case-patients and controls. Prevalence was higher in case-patients than controls 6 and 12 months after disease onset. Continued vaccine research to prevent acute illn...

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Autores principales: Feldstein, Leora R., Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali, Staples, J. Erin, Weaver, Marcia R., Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Ellis, Esther M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322703
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161562
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author Feldstein, Leora R.
Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali
Staples, J. Erin
Weaver, Marcia R.
Halloran, M. Elizabeth
Ellis, Esther M.
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description After the 2014–2015 outbreak of chikungunya virus in the US Virgin Islands, we compared the prevalence of persistent arthralgia among case-patients and controls. Prevalence was higher in case-patients than controls 6 and 12 months after disease onset. Continued vaccine research to prevent acute illness and long-term sequelae is essential.
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spelling pubmed-53674252017-04-07 Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016 Feldstein, Leora R. Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali Staples, J. Erin Weaver, Marcia R. Halloran, M. Elizabeth Ellis, Esther M. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch After the 2014–2015 outbreak of chikungunya virus in the US Virgin Islands, we compared the prevalence of persistent arthralgia among case-patients and controls. Prevalence was higher in case-patients than controls 6 and 12 months after disease onset. Continued vaccine research to prevent acute illness and long-term sequelae is essential. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5367425/ /pubmed/28322703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161562 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Feldstein, Leora R.
Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali
Staples, J. Erin
Weaver, Marcia R.
Halloran, M. Elizabeth
Ellis, Esther M.
Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016
title Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016
title_full Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016
title_fullStr Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016
title_full_unstemmed Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016
title_short Persistent Arthralgia Associated with Chikungunya Virus Outbreak, US Virgin Islands, December 2014–February 2016
title_sort persistent arthralgia associated with chikungunya virus outbreak, us virgin islands, december 2014–february 2016
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367425/
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