Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Feb 2012)

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

  • Isabella Gomes Cavalcanti de Albuquerque,
  • Renato Marandino,
  • Aline Pimentel Mendonça,
  • Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira,
  • Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos,
  • Leopoldino Rodrigues Guerra,
  • Beatriz Castro Brandão,
  • Ana Paula Pimentel Mendonça,
  • Guilherme Ribeiro Aguiar,
  • Paula Angélica Martinez de Bacco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000100026
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 1
pp. 128 – 129

Abstract

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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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