Two Japanese siblings affected with Chikungunya fever with different clinical courses: Imported infections from the Cook Islands

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 697-700

  Kondo, Makoto ^a   Akachi, Shigehiro ^b   Ando, Katsuhiko ^a   Nomura, Tatsuma ^c   Yamanaka, Keiichi ^a   Mizutani, Hitoshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefectural Health and Environment Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural Shima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Chikungunya fever; Chikungunya virus; imported infection; tropical area

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOK ISLANDS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; URINALYSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; POLYNESIA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNESIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84956692338     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13253     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Ross RW,. The New ala Epidemic Iii. The Virus: isolation, Pathogenic Properties and Relationship to the Epidemic. J Hyg (Lond). 1956; 54: 177-191.
2. Tesh RB,. Arthritides Caused by Mosquito-Borne Viruses. Annu Rev Med 1982; 33: 31-40.
3. Imai K, Nakayama E, Maeda T, et al,. Chikungunya fever in Japan imported from the Caribbean islands. Jpn J Infect Dis 2015; 69: 151-153.
4. Furuichi M, Makie T, Honma Y, Isoda T, Miyake S,. Laboratory-confirmed dengue fever and chikungunya fever cases at the Narita Airport Quarantine Station in 2013. Jpn J Infect Dis 2015; 68: 142-144.
5. Torres JR, Córdova LG, Saravia V, Arvelaez J, Castro JS,. Nasal skin necrosis: An unexpected new finding in severe Chikungunya fever. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62: 78-81.
6. Sebastian MR, Lodha R, Kabra SK,. Chikungunya infection in children. Indian J Pediatr 2009; 76: 185-189.
7. Aoyama I, Uno K, Yumisashi T, et al,. A Case of Chikungunya Fever Imported from India to Japan, Follow-up of Specific Igm and Igg Antibodies over a 6-Month Period. Jpn J Infect Dis 2010; 63: 65-66.
8. Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Moi ML, et al,. Autochthonous Dengue Fever, Tokyo, Japan, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 21: 517-520.