Chikungunya Fever in Clinically Diagnosed Patients: A Brief Report of Comparison Between Laboratory Confirmed and Discarded Cases
| Author | Nina Mendez-Dominguez | en |
| Author | Reinhard Janssen-Aguilar | en |
| Author | Freddy Pacheco-Tucuch | en |
| Author | Martin Inurreta-Diaz | en |
| Author | Salvador Gomez-Carro | en |
| Issued Date | 2017-10-31 | en |
| Abstract | Objectives: In 2015, a total of 1607 chikungunya cases were confirmed in Yucatan, Mexico, where they all took place in the second half of the year, meaning a simultaneous occurrence of both chikungunya and dengue outbreaks. This coexistence of both outbreaks posed a challenge to differentiate clinical diagnosis. The current study aimed at identifying signs and symptoms to clinically discriminate chikungunya from dengue fever in ambulatory cases. Methods: The results of a case series observational, descriptive, retrospective study of suspected ambulatory patients whose samples were referred to the laboratory for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/serum analysis from August to December 2015 were provided. Results: The study included 181 cases of which 152 were positive, finding that pruritus was a suggestive symptom of an acute infection caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Polyarthralgia and pruritus were significantly associated with chikungunya confirmed cases, compared with discarded cases. Conclusions: Polyarthralgia and pruritus are suggestive symptoms of an acute infection caused by CHIKV. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/archcid.12980 | en |
| Keyword | Chikungunya Virus Infection | en |
| Keyword | Mexico | en |
| Keyword | Diagnosis | en |
| Keyword | Endemic | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Chikungunya Fever in Clinically Diagnosed Patients: A Brief Report of Comparison Between Laboratory Confirmed and Discarded Cases | en |
| Type | Brief Report | en |
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