[Chikungunya: a case of painful rash and fever in a patient returning from the Indian Ocean].
A 40-year-old woman presented with invalidating polyarthritis associated with high fever and diffuse macular exanthema after returning from a two-week visit to Reunion Island. In this paper, we discuss the different diagnoses to be considered in a case of fever with pain and rash and we examine the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic methods and management of Chikungunya virus.
Fourcade
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Service de Pathologie Infectieuse et Tropicale,, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Alphonse Laveran, 13998 Marseille Armées. sabrinafourcade@yahoo.fr
Simon
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Morand
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D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005076:Exanthema / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel