Persistent arthralgia and related risks factors in laboratory-confirmed cases of Chikungunya virus infection in Mexico

ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the cumulative incidence of persistent arthralgia at 6 months from acute Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection and to evaluate the association of clinical markers with the risk of long-term arthralgia. Methods This multicenter retrospective cohort study was conducted i...

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Main Authors: Efrén Murillo-Zamora, Oliver Mendoza-Cano, Benjamín Trujillo-Hernández, Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piña, José Guzmán-Esquivel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2017-06-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892017000100230&lng=en&tlng=en