Chikungunya virus infection with severe neurologic manifestations: report of four fatal cases.
Sá, Priscilla Karen de Oliveira;Nunes, Michaela de Miranda;Leite, Ingrid Ramalho;Campelo, Maria das Graças Loureiro das Chagas;Leão, Cláudia Ferreira Ribeiro;Souza, Joelma Rodrigues de;Castellano, Lúcio Roberto;Fernandes, Ana Isabel Vieira;
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalVol. 50pp. 265-268
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Abstract
Here, we present four patients with confirmed Chikungunya virus infection showing atypical neurologic manifestations and death. This case series includes patients ranging in age from five to 92 years, with or without comorbidities. This report is important, as very few cases in the literature reporting death due to atypical Chikungunya virus infection are available.