Chikungunya in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report

Chikungunya in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report

ABSTRACT In 2004, a global spread of Chikungunya fever affected most tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In 2016, an outbreak occurred in Northeast Brazil with hundreds of cases documented. Solid organ transplant recipients have a modified immune response to infection and the clinical cou...

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Main Authors: Renato Demarchi Foresto, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima Santos, Maria Amélia Aguiar Hazin, Alejandro Túlio Zapata Leyton, Nayara Cordeiro Tenório, Laila Almeida Viana, Marina Pontello Cristelli, Hélio Tedesco Silva Júnior, José Osmar Medina Pestana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
Subjects:
Chikungunya virus
Kidney Transplantation
Arbovirus Infections
Immune Tolerance
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