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Descriptor English: Chikungunya Fever
Descriptor Spanish: Fiebre Chikungunya
Descriptor fiebre chikungunya
Entry term(s) chikungunya
chikunguña
fiebre chikunguña
fiebre de chikungunya
fiebre de chikunguña
fiebre por el virus del Chikungunya
Scope note: Infección aguda causada por un alfavirus transmitido por los mosquitos, el VIRUS DE CHIKUNGUNYA, que se caracteriza por EXANTEMA, FIEBRE, DOLOR ARTICULAR, CONJUNTIVITIS, MENINGOENCEFALITIS, LINFOPENIA y TROMBOCITOPENIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Febre de Chikungunya
Descriptor French: Fièvre chikungunya
Entry term(s): Chickungunya Fever
Chickungunya Fevers
Chikungunya Fevers
Chikungunya Virus Infection
Chikungunya Virus Infections
Fever, Chickungunya
Fever, Chikungunya
Infection, Chikungunya Virus
Tree number(s): C01.920.500.078.184
C01.925.081.198
C01.925.782.930.100.184
SP4.909.332.216.124
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065632
Scope note: An acute infection caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS characterized by RASH; FEVER; JOINT PAINS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOPENIA; and THROMBOCYTOPENIA.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Alphavirus Infections (1967-2014)
Arbovirus Infections (1965-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see under CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER 2010-2014
History Note: 2015; use under CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER 2010-2014
DeCS ID: 55555
Unique ID: D065632
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2019/06/10
Chikungunya Fever - Preferred
Concept UI M0530384
Scope note An acute infection caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS characterized by RASH; FEVER; JOINT PAINS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOPENIA; and THROMBOCYTOPENIA.
Preferred term Chikungunya Fever
Entry term(s) Chickungunya Fever
Chickungunya Fevers
Chikungunya Fevers
Chikungunya Virus Infection
Chikungunya Virus Infections
Fever, Chickungunya
Fever, Chikungunya
Infection, Chikungunya Virus



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