Autor(es)Fourie E D, Morrison J G

ResumoAn outbreak of chikungunya fever which occurred during April 1977 among a group of high-school children from Pretoria after a visit to the northern Transvaal bushveld is reported. Some of the adults who accompanied the pupils also contracted the disease. The adults suffered more severely from the chronic arthritic form of the disease than did the children. In some cases the episodic polyarthritis was still present 18 months after the onset of the disease. Rheumatoid factors in low titre could be demonstrated in the circulation of patients with longst-ing symptoms.

Palavras-ChaveChikungunya fever; Dermatology; Histology; Immunology; Microbiology and Rheumatoid arthritic syndrome

ImprentaSouth African Medical Journal, v. 56, n. 4, p. 130-132, 1979

DescritoresChikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Immunology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de Publicação:1979