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

• 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

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.