Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever

Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever

An outbreak of chikungunya occurred in Central Italy in the summer of 2017. During the outbreak, two siblings with fever and joint pain developed a morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms. Knowledge of the characteristics of chikungunya exanthem is important to adddress clinic...

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Main Authors: Maria Laura Tini, Giovanni Rezza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918301070
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spelling doaj-25b77f848c6a4025b3e1624644419da92021-07-02T15:15:39ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092018-01-0113Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya feverMaria Laura Tini0Giovanni Rezza1ASL-RM2, Roma, ItalyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy; Corresponding author at: Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy.An outbreak of chikungunya occurred in Central Italy in the summer of 2017. During the outbreak, two siblings with fever and joint pain developed a morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms. Knowledge of the characteristics of chikungunya exanthem is important to adddress clinical diagnosis. Keywords: Chikungunya, Skin rashhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918301070
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title Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever
title_short Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever
title_full Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever
title_fullStr Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever
title_full_unstemmed Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever
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description An outbreak of chikungunya occurred in Central Italy in the summer of 2017. During the outbreak, two siblings with fever and joint pain developed a morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms. Knowledge of the characteristics of chikungunya exanthem is important to adddress clinical diagnosis. Keywords: Chikungunya, Skin rash
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