A case of chikungunya virus disease presenting with remarkable acute arthritis of a previously damaged finger joint

Abstract: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne arthritogenic alphavirus that has recently been introduced to Brazil. We report the case of a 36-year-old male patient from the City of Rio de Janeiro who developed molecularly-confirmed CHIKV disease and whose clinical picture was remarkable b...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva, Henrique de Barros Pinto Neto, Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Arthritis
Chikungunya
Trauma
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0204-2016
https://doaj.org/article/4f4ae19c577147118585c8c6d7f25d99
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Summary:Abstract: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne arthritogenic alphavirus that has recently been introduced to Brazil. We report the case of a 36-year-old male patient from the City of Rio de Janeiro who developed molecularly-confirmed CHIKV disease and whose clinical picture was remarkable because of acute arthritis of an interphalangeal joint that had been damaged by trauma 8 years previously. This case illustrates that acute CHIKV disease may preferentially target previously damaged joints. Careful study of individual cases may provide valuable information on the presentation and management of this emerging zoonosis in Brazil.

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