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Published on: March 13, 2018
Dual infection by chikungunya virus and other imported infectious agent in a traveller returning from India
Khaled Ezzedine1, Charles Cazanave, Thierry Pistone
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux F-33076, France. kezzedin@ulb.ac.be
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.
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