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Chikungunya fever from Malaysia.

International Division of Internal Medicine, Kobe Kaisei Hospital.
Internal Medicine (impact factor: 0.94). 01/2010; 49(5):501-5. pp.501-5
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT An adult Malaysian woman returned to Japan from Kuala Lumpur and had onset of dengue fever-like symptoms including high fever, malaise and arthritis in early January 2009. Serum obtained on the following day was tested at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, where it was determined to be positive for chikungunya virus (CHIKV) RNA. IgM antibody against CHIKV was negative on January 6 and sero-converted to be positive on January 14, confirming a recent CHIKV infection. Except for arthralgia, all her symptoms resolved uneventfully within 10 days.

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Keywords

adult Malaysian woman
 
arthritis
 
chikungunya virus
 
CHIKV
 
dengue fever-like symptoms
 
following day
 
Infectious Diseases
 
January 14
 
January 6
 
Kuala Lumpur
 
positive
 
recent CHIKV infection