Chikungunya is an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The disease typically consists of an acute illness characterised by fever, rash, and incapacitating arthralgia, that can persist for months. Chikungunya virus, a member of the genus Alphavirus, has recently caused a large outbreak on islands in the Indian Ocean and on the Indian subcontinent. The ongoing outbreak has involved more than 1.5 million patients, including travellers who have visited these areas. We describe our casistic of six travellers with Chikungunya arthropathy. All patients experienced fever and rash of short term during a travel in areas of epidemicity. All patients had peripheral poliarthralgias, which duration was >2 months in 4 cases (66%) and >6 months in 1 case (16%).
La Chikungunya è una arbovirosi trasmessa dalla zanzara Aedes. La malattia è caratterizzata da una fase acuta con febbre e rash, cui si associa una sintomatologia poliarticolare intensa che può protrarsi per mesi. Il virus Chikungunya, che appartiene al genere Alfavirus, ha recentemente causato un’epidemia su vasta scala nelle isole dell’oceano Indiano e nel subcontinente Indiano, e ha coinvolto più di 1,5 milioni di persone, tra cui molti viaggiatori. In questo articolo vengono descritti 6 casi di artropatia da Chikungunya manifestatasi in viaggiatori. In tutti i pazienti si era verificato un episodio autolimitantesi di febbre e rash durante il soggiorno nei paesi interessati dall’epidemia; comparivano inoltre poliartralgie con impegno delle articolazioni periferiche la cui durata era maggiore di 2 mesi in 4 casi (66%); in un paziente (16%) la sintomatologia si protraeva oltre i 6 mesi.
Chikungunya arthritis: report of 6 cases. [Artropatia da Chikungunya: Descrizione di 6 casi]
Volpe A.
;Biasi D.;Bambara L. M.;Bisoffi Z.
2008-01-01
Abstract
Chikungunya is an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The disease typically consists of an acute illness characterised by fever, rash, and incapacitating arthralgia, that can persist for months. Chikungunya virus, a member of the genus Alphavirus, has recently caused a large outbreak on islands in the Indian Ocean and on the Indian subcontinent. The ongoing outbreak has involved more than 1.5 million patients, including travellers who have visited these areas. We describe our casistic of six travellers with Chikungunya arthropathy. All patients experienced fever and rash of short term during a travel in areas of epidemicity. All patients had peripheral poliarthralgias, which duration was >2 months in 4 cases (66%) and >6 months in 1 case (16%).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.