Open AccessChikungunya virus outbreak in Sint Maarten: Long-term arthralgia after a 15-month period
Author(s) -
C Peters,
Roan Pijnacker,
Ewout Fanoy,
L.I. Bouwman,
L E de Langen,
J H C T van den Kerkhof,
Johan Reimerink,
Eva Pilot,
Maria Aparecida Coelho de Arruda Henry,
V Asin Oostburg,
Marieta Braks
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of vector borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0972-9062
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9062.242561
Subject(s) - chikungunya , outbreak , virology , period (music) , term (time) , chikungunya fever , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics
The first chikungunya (CHIK) epidemic in the Americas was reported in December 2013. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes an acute febrile illness and is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. Although earlier studies have described long-term clinical manifestations of CHIK patients infected with the East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype, little is known about persistent manifestations in the Caribbean region, for which the Asian genotype is responsible. The objective of this study was to describe the presence of persisting clinical manifestations, specifically arthralgia, in CHIKV-infected patients on the Caribbean Island, Sint Maarten, 15 months after onset of the disease.