Study of viremic profile in febrile specimens of chikungunya in Bandung, Indonesia

• Published in: Journal of clinical virology Vol. 74; pp. 61 - 65
• Main Authors: Riswari, S.F, Ma’roef, C.N, Djauhari, H, Kosasih, H, Perkasa, A, Yudhaputri, F.A, Artika, I.M, Williams, M, van der Ven, A, Myint, K.S, Alisjahbana, B, Ledermann, J.P, Powers, A.M, Jaya, U.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Allergy and Immunology; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Chikungunya; Chikungunya Fever - virology; Chikungunya virus; Chikungunya virus - isolation & purification; Child; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Indonesia; Infection kinetics; Infectious Disease; Male; Middle Aged; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - blood; Time Factors; Viral Load; Viremia - diagnosis; Viremia profile; Indonesia; dengue virus; chikungunya virus; DEN; dengue; chikungunya; reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; Infection kinetics; DENV; RT-PCR; Viremia profile; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; CHIK; CHIKV; ELISA; Indonesia; Chikungunya
• ISSN: 1386-6532; 1873-5967
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.11.017

Highlights • Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is responsible for explosive outbreaks of debilitating arthralgia in many countries in the tropics. • CHIKV and dengue viruses (DENV) illnesses are clinically undifferentiated. • The common vectors for DENV and CHIKV giving rise to potential co-circulation in high endemicity area. • Data regarding the viremia profile of in chikungunya especially during the pre-febrile period has been limited.