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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 27-29Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.05.021
Keywords
Chikungunya; Dengue; Mortality; Clinical feature; Laboratory finding
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- Universidad del Norte [PE0031/2014DViasus]
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Although Chikungunya infection is emerging as an important public health problem in many countries, it is not regarded as a life-threatening disease. Information dealing with fatal cases is scarce. We herein describe three patients with Chickungunya infection who presented with multiple organ failure and died within 24 h of admission. Two cases had positive anti-dengue IgM, but dengue coinfection was rejected based on the clinical features and results of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. These cases illustrate the challenges of the diagnosis and management of severe Chikungunya infection. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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