| [chikungunya virus infections in children]. | chikungunya fever is an arbovirosis caused by an alphavirus (chikv) belonging to the togaviridae family. its main vectors are aedes mosquitoes. in its classic form, chikungunya consists in a flu-like illness that can be very disabling, especially by incapacitating arthralgia. in children, the arthropathy is well known to be better tolerated than in adulthood but severe manifestations and complications can occur owing to neurologic, cardiac, hematologic or cutaneous dysfunctions, all carrying a f ... | 2009 | 19836680 |
| chikungunya: a risk for mediterranean countries? | the italian outbreak of the 2007 summer and the active spreading of the asian tiger mosquito aedes albopictus in southern europe, raise the possibility of local transmission of chikungunya (chik) in mediterranean countries. established in at least 12 countries in southern europe since the end of the 1970s and in southern france since 2004, ae. albopictus, is invading the french mediterranean coast from east to west. to determine the possibility of an outbreak of chik in southern france, we provi ... | 2008 | 18005927 |