Unusual presentation of chikungunya virus infection with concomintant erysipelas in a returning traveler from the Caribbean: a case report.
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].
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine.
Marcos C
MC
Schechter
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine ; Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia.
Kimberly A
KA
Workowski
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine , Emory University School of Medicine.
Jessica K
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Fairley