Risk factors for hospitalization of patients with chikungunya virus infection at sentinel hospitals in Puerto Rico

BACKGROUND: Hospitalization of patients during outbreaks of chikungunya virus has been reported to be uncommon (0.5–8.7%), but more frequent among infants and the elderly. CHIKV was first detected in Puerto Rico in May 2014. We enrolled patients with acute febrile illness (AFI) presenting to two hos...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Christopher H., Cruz-Lopez, Fabiola, Vargas Torres, Danulka, Perez-Padilla, Janice, Lorenzi, Olga D., Rivera, Aidsa, Staples, J. Erin, Lugo, Esteban, Munoz-Jordan, Jorge, Fischer, Marc, Garcia Gubern, Carlos, Rivera Garcia, Brenda, Alvarado, Luisa, Sharp, Tyler M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6347300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30640900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007084

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6347300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30640900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007084

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