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Abstract
An acute infection caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS characterized by RASH; FEVER; JOINT PAINS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOPENIA; and THROMBOCYTOPENIA.
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- Chickungunya Fever
- Chikungunya Virus Infection
- Chickungunya Fevers
- Chikungunya Fevers
- Chikungunya Virus Infections
- Fever, Chickungunya
- Fever, Chikungunya
- Infection, Chikungunya Virus
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2015; use under CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER 2010-2014
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- Alphavirus Infections (1967-2014)
- Arbovirus Infections (1965-2014)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chikungunya Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065632. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065632
- Chikungunya Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya
- Chikungunya Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243257