Long-term Chikungunya Sequelae in Curacao:Burden, Determinants, and a Novel Classification Tool
Background. Beyond the acute illness phase, chikungunya constitutes a public health problem given its chronic disease phase, which may include long-term arthralgia, arthritis, fatigue, and depression. Currently, there is no consensus on how to define chikungunya chronicity. Methods. A comprehensive cross-sectional survey was performed in Curacao in June and July 2015 to evaluate 304 adult laboratory-confirmed chikungunya patients 3-16 months after diagnosis. We developed a novel tool, the Curacao Long-Term Chikungunya Sequelae (CLTCS) score, to classify chronic chikungunya disease and estimate... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Elsinga , J , Gerstenbluth , I , van der Ploeg , S , Halabi , Y , Lourents , N T , Burgerhof , J G , van der Veen , H T , Bailey , A , Grobusch , M P & Tami , A 2017 , ' Long-term Chikungunya Sequelae in Curacao : Burden, Determinants, and a Novel Classification Tool ' , Journal of infectious diseases , vol. 216 , no. 5 , pp. 573-581 . https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix312 |
Schlagwörter: | Chikungunya / chronic sequelae / Curacao Long-term Chikungunya Sequelae score / CLTCS / quality of life / QUALITY-OF-LIFE / RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS / CLINICAL-TRIALS / VIRUS-INFECTION / REUNION ISLAND / HEALTH-STATUS / RISK-FACTORS / ARTHRALGIA / DISEASE / IMPACT |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27395668 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/8a3a5bd8-f721-42e7-8188-6b46689a93ae |