Chikungunya virus infection: report of the first case diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Brandão, Beatriz Castro¹  Marandino, Renato¹  Albuquerque, Isabella Gomes Cavalcanti de¹  Mendonça, Ana Paula Pimentel¹  Ministério da Saúde, Ananindeua¹  Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, Rio de Janeiro¹  Bacco, Paula Angélica Martinez de¹  Nogueira, Rita Maria Ribeiro¹  Mendonça, Aline Pimentel¹  Aguiar, Guilherme Ribeiro¹  Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa¹  Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro¹  Guerra, Leopoldino Rodrigues¹ 

关键词: Chikungunya;    Virus;    Infection;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822012000100026

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Initially diagnosed in Africa and Asia, the Chikungunya virus has been detected in the last three years in the Caribbean, Italy, France, and the United States of America. Herein, we report the first case for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2010.

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