Encephalitis associated with inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion due to chikungunya infection in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Abstract The symptoms of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection include fever, headache, muscle aches, skin rash, and polyarthralgia, characterized by intense pain, edema, and temporary functional impairment. This is the first report of encephalitis caused by CHIKV infection associated with an atypical...

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Main Authors: Norma Lucena-Silva, Maria Elisa Lucena Sales de Melo Assunção, Frederico Antônio Pereira Ramos, Fernanda Azevedo, Ronaldo Lessa Junior, Marli Tenório Cordeiro, Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017002300417&lng=en&tlng=en