Lymphadenopathy in Patients With Chikungunya Virus Infection Imported From Hispaniola: Case Reports

Francesca F Norman; Begoña Monge-Maillo; Jose-Antonio Perez-Molina; Fernando de Ory; Leticia Franco; María-Paz Sánchez-Seco; Rogelio López-Vélez

doi:10.1111/jtm.12204

Lymphadenopathy in Patients With Chikungunya Virus Infection Imported From Hispaniola: Case Reports

J Travel Med. 2015 Jul-Aug;22(4):272-5. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12204. Epub 2015 Apr 1.

Authors

Francesca F Norman¹, Begoña Monge-Maillo¹, Jose-Antonio Perez-Molina¹, Fernando de Ory², Leticia Franco², María-Paz Sánchez-Seco², Rogelio López-Vélez²

Affiliations

¹ National Referral Unit for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.
² Virology Department, National Microbiology Reference Center, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 25828151
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12204

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is currently spreading in the Caribbean and America. Lymphadenopathy, described in infections with other alphaviruses, is not commonly reported in CHIKV infections. Painful lymphadenopathy was found in three of the first six CHIKV infections from the current outbreak diagnosed at a reference center in Madrid, Spain.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Chikungunya Fever* / blood
Chikungunya Fever* / diagnosis
Chikungunya Fever* / etiology
Chikungunya Fever* / physiopathology
Chikungunya Fever* / therapy
Chikungunya virus / isolation & purification*
Disease Outbreaks*
Dominican Republic / epidemiology
Female
Haiti / epidemiology
Humans
Lymphatic Diseases / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Neutropenia / etiology*
Spain / epidemiology
Travel*