"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.930.100.184
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| 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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chikungunya Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Little EAH, Hutchinson ML, Price KJ, Marini A, Shepard JJ, Molaei G. Spatiotemporal distribution, abundance, and host interactions of two invasive vectors of arboviruses, Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus, in Pennsylvania, USA. Parasit Vectors. 2022 Jan 24; 15(1):36.
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Sehgal VN, Riyaz N, Parish LC. Chikungunya. Skinmed. 2016; 14(1):12-5.
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Mardekian SK, Roberts AL. Diagnostic Options and Challenges for Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses. Biomed Res Int. 2015; 2015:834371.
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Hyle EP, Alame D. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 13-2015. A 27-year-old woman with arthralgias and a rash. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 23; 372(17):1657-64.