Open Access<p>Is Chikungunya Virus Infection an Independent Risk Factor for 2-Year Mortality in Older Afro-Caribbean Subjects?</p>
Author(s) -
Lidvine Godaert,
Camille Nicolon,
Fatiha Najioullah,
Lukshe Kanagaratnam,
Raymond Césaire,
Moustapha Dramé
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s253893
Subject(s) - medicine , martinique , chikungunya , pediatrics , risk factor , mortality rate , virus , west indies , virology , ethnology , history
The aim of this study was to investigate whether Chikungunya virus infection (CVI) was an independent risk factor for 2-year mortality in Afro-Caribbean subjects aged 65 years or older.