Systemic involvements and fatalities during Chikungunya epidemic in India, 2006

BV Tandale, PS Sathe, VA Arankalle, RS Wadia… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In addition to classical manifestations of Chikungunya infection, severe
infections requiring hospitalization were reported during outbreaks in India in 2006.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the systemic syndromes and risk groups of severe Chikungunya
infections. STUDY DESIGN: We prospectively investigated suspected Chikungunya cases
hospitalized in Ahmedabad, Gujarat during September–October 2006, and retrospectively
investigated laboratory-confirmed Chikungunya cases hospitalized with neurologic …