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. 2018 Apr;24(4):794-796.
doi: 10.3201/eid2404.161536.

Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia

Adrien Koeltz, Stephane Lastere, Sylvain Jean-Baptiste

Intensive Care Admissions for Severe Chikungunya Virus Infection, French Polynesia

Adrien Koeltz et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

During the 2014-2015 chikungunya outbreak in French Polynesia, 64 patients with confirmed chikungunya virus infection were admitted into intensive care. Sixty-three were nonpregnant adults; 11 had an atypical form, 21 had severe sepsis or septic shock, and 18 died. These findings indicate that critical illness frequently complicates the course of chikungunya virus infection.

Keywords: CHIKV; Chikungunya; French Polynesia; Guillain-Barré syndrome; arboviruses; encephalopathy; intensive care; myocarditis; sepsis; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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