Severe Manifestations of Chikungunya Fever in Children, India, 2016

Severe Manifestations of Chikungunya Fever in Children, India, 2016

Chikungunya is a relatively benign disease, and a paucity of literature on severe manifestations in children exits. We describe a cohort of pediatric chikungunya fever patients in New Delhi, India, who had severe sepsis and septic shock, which can develop during the acute phase of illness.

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2018-09, Vol.24 (9), p.1737-1739
Hauptverfasser: Sharma, Pradeep K, Kumar, Maneesh, Aggarwal, Girraj K, Kumar, Virender, Srivastava, R D, Sahani, Ashish, Goyal, Rohit
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Sprache:eng
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Chikungunya fever
Children
Dispatch
Health aspects
India
Risk factors
sepsis
septic shock
Severe Manifestations of Chikungunya Fever in Children, India, 2016
viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Chikungunya is a relatively benign disease, and a paucity of literature on severe manifestations in children exits. We describe a cohort of pediatric chikungunya fever patients in New Delhi, India, who had severe sepsis and septic shock, which can develop during the acute phase of illness.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2409.180330