Chikungunya virus infection: report of the first case diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Initially diagnosed in Africa and Asia, the Chikungunya virus has been detected in the last three years in the Caribbean, Italy, France, and the United States of America. Herein, we report the first case for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2010.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors:	Isabella Gomes Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Renato Marandino, Aline Pimentel Mendonça, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Leopoldino Rodrigues Guerra, Beatriz Castro Brandão, Ana Paula Pimentel Mendonça, Guilherme Ribeiro Aguiar, Paula Angélica Martinez de Bacco
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
Subjects:	Chikungunya Virus Infecção Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Arctic
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000100026 https://doaj.org/article/0724fc7567f545fd8cc03b8eda350d47

Description
Summary:	Initially diagnosed in Africa and Asia, the Chikungunya virus has been detected in the last three years in the Caribbean, Italy, France, and the United States of America. Herein, we report the first case for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2010.