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  • Abstract Number: 274 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Frequency of Chronic Joint Pain Following Chikungunya Infection: A Colombian Cohort Study

    Aileen Chang1, Liliana Encinales2, Alexandra Porras3, Nelly Pacheco2, St. Patrick Reid4, Karen Martins5, Shamila Pacheco2, Eyda Bravo2, Marianda Navarno2, Alejandro Rico Mendoza3, Richard Amdur6, Priyanka Kamalapathy6, Gary S. Firestein7, Jeffrey Bethony6 and Gary Simon6, 1Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2Allied Research Society, Baranquilla, Colombia, 3Allied Research Society, Bogota, Colombia, 4University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, 5United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Frederick, MD, 6George Washington University, Washington, DC, 7Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: To estimate the frequency of chronic joint pain after infection with chikungunya virus in a Latin American cohort. Methods: A cross sectional follow-up of…
  • Abstract Number: 1314 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Characteristics of the Musculoskeletal Symptoms Observed Among Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Postebogui Cohort in Guinea

    Yves-Marie PERS1, Mamadou SALIOU SOW2, Bernard TAVERNE3, Laura MARCH3, Jean-François ETARD3, Moumié BARRY4, Abdoulaye TOURE5 and Eric DELAPORTE3, 1Clinical Immunology and Osteoarticular Diseases Therapeutic Unit, Lapeyronie University Hospital Montpellier, MONTPELLIER, France, 2Infectious Disease, Donka University National Hospital, CONAKRY, Guinea, 3IRD UMI 233 INSERM U1175, University Montpellier, MONTPELLIER, France, 4Hôpital National Donka, CHU de Conakry, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Conakry, Guinea, 5Department of Pharmacy, Conakry University, CONAKRY, Guinea

    Background/Purpose: Previous studies showed that arthralgia and myalgia were the most common symptoms among Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors. Nevertheless specific analyses of rheumatologic sequelea…
  • Abstract Number: 2033 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Clinical Manifestations Associated with Peripheral Joint Involvement in Patients with Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection

    Mariangelí Arroyo-Ávila1, Amanda Cabán2, Marisela Irizarry-Pérez3, Hilda Torres3, Enid J. García3, Héctor Gorbea4 and Luis M. Vilá1, 1Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, 2Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, 3School of Medicine, Endowed Health Services Research Center, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR, 4Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR

    Background/Purpose: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection causes an acute febrile illness usually accompanied by severe polyarthralgia and polyarthritis.  Previous studies have shown that older age, female…
  • Abstract Number: 2156 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Persistent Arthralgia Following Chikungunya Fever

    Anna Kristina Gutierrez-Rubio and Ester Penserga, Section of Rheumatology, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

    Background/Purpose: Chikungunya fever is a reemerging viral infection in the Philippines and neighboring countries. Persistent arthralgia following Chikungunya infection has been observed during previous epidemics,…

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