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Aspectos clínicos, laboratoriais e histopatológicos dos óbitos por Chikungunya,...
Cavalcante, John WashingtonChikungunya virus infection (CHIKV) is characterized as a debilitating disease associated with inflammation and chronic joint pain, which has increasingly been associated with unfavorable outcomes. In these cases, necropsy becomes an important tool to elucidate the causes of these deaths. Objective: To describe the main clinical, laboratory and histopathological findings of CHIKV confirmed necropsied deaths in ...
Maternal and infant death after probable vertical transmission of chikungunya v...
Oliveira, Rhaquel de Morais Alves Barbosa; Barreto, Francisca Kalline de Almeida; Maia, Ana Maria Peixoto Cabral; Gomes, Ileana PitombeiraBackground Chikungunya virus infection in neonates is relatively rare and can lead to death. Case presentation We report the occurrence of the first death of a mother and child after probable vertical transmission of chikungunya virus in Brazil. A 28-year-old pregnant woman with hypertension presented with symptoms compatible with an arboviral disease at 34 weeks’ gestation. She developed preeclampsia with seve...