Chikungunya virus infection with severe neurologic manifestations: report of four fatal cases

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Priscilla Karen de Oliveira Sá, Michaela de Miranda Nunes, Ingrid Ramalho Leite, Maria das Graças Loureiro das Chagas Campelo, Cláudia Ferreira Ribeiro Leão, Joelma Rodrigues de Souza, Lúcio Roberto Castellano, Ana Isabel Vieira Fernandes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Chikungunya fever; Neurologic manifestations; Death; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0375-2016; https://doaj.org/article/b3ed1a61834a46dd97629b34694d7dec

Abstract Here, we present four patients with confirmed Chikungunya virus infection showing atypical neurologic manifestations and death. This case series includes patients ranging in age from five to 92 years, with or without comorbidities. This report is important, as very few cases in the literature reporting death due to atypical Chikungunya virus infection are available.