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Case Reports
. 2012 Feb;45(1):128-9.
doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822012000100026.

Chikungunya virus infection: report of the first case diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Isabella Gomes Cavalcanti de Albuquerque  1 , Renato Marandino, Aline Pimentel Mendonça, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Leopoldino Rodrigues Guerra, Beatriz Castro Brandão, Ana Paula Pimentel Mendonça, Guilherme Ribeiro Aguiar, Paula Angélica Martinez de Bacco
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Chikungunya virus infection: report of the first case diagnosed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Isabella Gomes Cavalcanti de Albuquerque et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2012 Feb.
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Abstract

Initially diagnosed in Africa and Asia, the Chikungunya virus has been detected in the last three years in the Caribbean, Italy, France, and the United States of America. Herein, we report the first case for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2010.

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