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- PRO/EDR> Chikungunya (05): Americas, Africa, Asia, research, observations
Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:21:43 -0500
Chikungunya -- Costa Rica
Summary
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Background
Since 2015, the arthropodborne viruses (arboviruses) Zika and chikungunya have spread across the Americas causing outbreaks, accompanied by increases in immune-mediated and infectious neurological disease. The spectrum of neurological manifestations linked to these viruses, and the importance of dual infection, are not known fully. We aimed to investigate whether neurological presentations differed according to the infecting arbovirus and whether patients with