[PDF][PDF] Rheumatoid arthritic syndrome after chikungunya fever (563)
JGL Fourie, ED & Morrison - South African Medical Journal, 1979 - journals.co.za
JGL Fourie, ED & Morrison
South African Medical Journal, 1979•journals.co.za… Chikungunya viru wa isolated from 8 of the subjects, and antibody titre to chikungunya virus
was determined by the microhaemagglutination inhibition test by Dr BM McInto h at the Arbovirus
Research Unit of the … We postulate that chronic chikungunya disease may be due to the
inability of the patient's immune system to clear the viru effectively. The protracted inflammatory
process then leads to an auto-immune disease clo ely resembling rheumatoid arthritis. …
was determined by the microhaemagglutination inhibition test by Dr BM McInto h at the Arbovirus
Research Unit of the … We postulate that chronic chikungunya disease may be due to the
inability of the patient's immune system to clear the viru effectively. The protracted inflammatory
process then leads to an auto-immune disease clo ely resembling rheumatoid arthritis. …
An outbreak of chikungunya fever which occurred during April 1977 among a group of high-school children from Pretoria after a visit to the northern Transvaal bushveld is reported.
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