title: Risk Factors for Severity of Chikungunya in Children: A Prospective Assessment.
abstract: Chikungunya appeared during the second half of 2014 in Colombia. A prospective cohort study was carried to detect differences and severity between neonates and older children. Of 54 children with chikungunya, neonates had a higher viral load and greater frequency of severe laboratory and clinical findings.
authors.affiliation: From the *Hospital Infantil Napoleón Franco Pareja and †Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia; and ‡Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Córdoba, Colombia.
authors.forename: Hernando
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pinzón-Redondo
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paternina-Caicedo
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barrios-Redondo
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarate-Vergara
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tirado-Pérez
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fortich
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alvis-Guzmán
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mattar
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D065632:Chikungunya Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors