Unusual Presentation of Chikungunya Virus Infection With Concomintant Erysipelas in a Returning Traveler From the Caribbean: A Case Report | Zendy

Marcos C. Schechter | Zendy; Kimberly Workowski | Zendy; Jessica K. Fairley | Zendy

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Unusual Presentation of Chikungunya Virus Infection With Concomintant Erysipelas in a Returning Traveler From the Caribbean: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Marcos C. Schechter,

Kimberly Workowski,

Jessica K. Fairley

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofu097

Subject(s) - chikungunya , togaviridae , aedes albopictus , alphavirus , virology , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , alphavirus infection , erysipelas , virus , aedes , aedes aegypti , dengue fever , biology , dermatology , botany , larva , electrical engineering , engineering

Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne febrile illness caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus from the Togaviridae family. It is transmitted by primarily Aedes aegytpi and Aedes albopictus mosquitos [1]. Once of little importance in the Americas, local transmission was identified in the Caribbean in late 2013. More than 1000 travelers returning to the continental United States have been diagnosed with CHIKV. More importantly, there have been 9 documented cases of autochthonous disease in Florida as of September 16, 2014 [2].

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