Open AccessAntisynthetase Syndrome after chikungunya infection: A case report
Author(s) -
Tuão Raiza Cansian,
Macabú Mariana de Oliveira,
Athayde Paula dos Santos,
Moulaz Isac Ribeiro,
Dalmaso Barbara Ferraço,
Cristo Valéria Valim,
Machado Ketty Lysie Libardi Lira
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5877
Subject(s) - antisynthetase syndrome , chikungunya , medicine , myalgia , disease , virology , immunology , virus , pathology , autoantibody , antibody
Chikungunya is an arboviral disease caused by a virus with wide geographical distribution in endemic areas. This case report documents a patient with antisynthetase syndrome post‐chikungunya infection. Autoimmune diseases result from breakdown of immune tolerance. Among all triggers, viruses represent the greatest environmental potential to precipitate inflammatory myopathy.