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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Isabella Gomes Cavalcanti De Albuquerque²  Renato Marandino¹  Aline Pimentel Mendonça¹  Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira¹  Pedro Fernando Da Costa Vasconcelos¹  Leopoldino Rodrigues Guerra¹  Beatriz Castro Brandão¹  Ana Paula Pimentel Mendonça¹  Guilherme Ribeiro Aguiar¹  Paula Angélica Martinez De Bacco² 

[1] ,Hospital São Vicente de Paulo Serviço de Higiene e Controle de Infecção Hospitalar Rio de Janeiro RJ

关键词: Chikungunya;    Virus;    Infection;    Chikungunya;    Virus;    Infecção;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822012000100026

来源: SciELO

【 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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