Chikungunya Fever

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"Chikungunya Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An acute infection caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS characterized by RASH; FEVER; JOINT PAINS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOPENIA; and THROMBOCYTOPENIA.

Descriptor ID	D065632
MeSH Number(s)	C02.782.930.100.184
Concept/Terms	Chikungunya Fever Chikungunya Fever Chikungunya Fevers Fever, Chikungunya Fevers, Chikungunya Chikungunya Virus Infection Chikungunya Virus Infections Infection, Chikungunya Virus Infections, Chikungunya Virus Virus Infection, Chikungunya Virus Infections, Chikungunya

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Diseases [C]
Virus Diseases [C02]
RNA Virus Infections [C02.782]
Togaviridae Infections [C02.782.930]
Alphavirus Infections [C02.782.930.100]
Chikungunya Fever [C02.782.930.100.184]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2019	2	0	2
2025	0	1	1

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Makhaik S, Rut W, Choudhary S, Upadhyay T, Hao C, Westberg M, Bobst C, Yoo E, Fejzo J, Lin MZ, Bogyo M, Thompson P, Drag M, Hardy JA. A robust fluorogenic substrate for chikungunya virus protease (nsP2) activity. Protein Sci. 2025 Mar; 34(3):e70069.

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Yoon IK, Srikiatkhachorn A, Alera MT, Fernandez S, Cummings DAT, Salje H. Pre-existing chikungunya virus neutralizing antibodies correlate with risk of symptomatic infection and subclinical seroconversion in a Philippine cohort. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Jun; 95:167-173.

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Golding J, Wacks J. Subacute polyarticular arthralgias ? swelling of the ankles and right knee ? recent travel to the Dominican Republic ? Dx? J Fam Pract. 2019 04; 68(3):171;172;174.

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Bustos Carrillo F, Collado D, Sanchez N, Ojeda S, Lopez Mercado B, Burger-Calderon R, Gresh L, Gordon A, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Epidemiological Evidence for Lineage-Specific Differences in the Risk of Inapparent Chikungunya Virus Infection. J Virol. 2019 02 15; 93(4).

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Srikiatkhachorn A, Alera MT, Lago CB, Tac-An IA, Villa D, Fernandez S, Thaisomboonsuk B, Klungthong C, Levy JW, Velasco JM, Roque VG, Nisalak A, Macareo LR, Yoon IK. Resolution of a Chikungunya Outbreak in a Prospective Cohort, Cebu, Philippines, 2012-2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 10; 22(10):1852-4.

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Salje H, Cauchemez S, Alera MT, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Thaisomboonsuk B, Srikiatkhachorn A, Lago CB, Villa D, Klungthong C, Tac-An IA, Fernandez S, Velasco JM, Roque VG, Nisalak A, Macareo LR, Levy JW, Cummings D, Yoon IK. Reconstruction of 60 Years of Chikungunya Epidemiology in the Philippines Demonstrates Episodic and Focal Transmission. J Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 15; 213(4):604-10.

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Yoon IK, Alera MT, Lago CB, Tac-An IA, Villa D, Fernandez S, Thaisomboonsuk B, Klungthong C, Levy JW, Velasco JM, Roque VG, Salje H, Macareo LR, Hermann LL, Nisalak A, Srikiatkhachorn A. High rate of subclinical chikungunya virus infection and association of neutralizing antibody with protection in a prospective cohort in the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 May; 9(5):e0003764.

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Rulli NE, Rolph MS, Srikiatkhachorn A, Anantapreecha S, Guglielmotti A, Mahalingam S. Protection from arthritis and myositis in a mouse model of acute chikungunya virus disease by bindarit, an inhibitor of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 synthesis. J Infect Dis. 2011 Oct 01; 204(7):1026-30.

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