Chikungunya Virus Infection after Traveling to Surinam, South America.
10.3904/kjm.2016.90.3.262
- Author:
Hoe Soo JANG
1
;
Jong Hun CHUNG
;
Joa KIM
;
Sun Ae HAN
;
Na Ra YUN
;
Dong Min KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea. drongkim@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chikungunya virus;
Travel;
Aedes
- MeSH:
Aedes;
Arboviruses;
Arm;
Arthralgia;
Chikungunya virus*;
Culicidae;
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay;
Exanthema;
Fever;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Immunoglobulin M;
Islands;
Skin;
South America*;
Suriname*;
Volunteers;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2016;90(3):262-265
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Chikungunya infection is caused by an arbovirus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. A 19-year-old man who had traveled to the Republic of Surinam to perform volunteer work complained of a fever, arthralgia, articular stiffness, and a skin rash on both the arm and trunk. Chikungunya fever was diagnosed using a Chikungunya virus specific IgM antibody in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using blood samples obtained during follow-up visits. In this report, we describe a case of imported Chikungunya fever that presented with arthralgia and a skin rash, with islands of normal skin, that occurred following travel to Surinam, South America.
