| Title | Dual infection by chikungunya virus and other imported infectious agent in a traveller returning from India. | | Author(s) | Ezzedine K, Cazanave C, Pistone T, Receveur MC, Neau D, Ragnaud JM, Malvy D | | Institution | Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, University Hospital Center, and Centre René Labusquière (Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Branch), EA 3677, University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux F-33076, France. | | Source | Travel Med Infect Dis 2008 May; 6(3):152-4. | | Abstract | Chikungunya virus infection is a vector-borne self-limiting disease. Recent outbreaks in the Indian Ocean islands have drawn attention to the condition. Nevertheless, only a few reports of co-infection with other communicable agents have been reported. The case described now is of a traveller returning from India with concomitant documented chikungunya virus infection associated with systemic amoebiasis. This report highlights the multifaceted pathology that can be encountered with tropical infections. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18486073 |
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