Publications by authors named "Amanda Kristiani"
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- Researchers tested 244 patients with acute meningoencephalitis to see if there was a link between CHIKV and neurological symptoms, using various lab techniques to analyze cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples.
- The study identified four cases of possible CHIKV-related neurological disease, highlighting the need to consider CHIKV among other viral infections when diagnosing patients in endemic regions, especially during outbreaks.
Chikungunya fever is a self-limiting viral illness that is caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV). CHIKV is found in multiple provinces of Indonesia, with clustered local outbreaks. This case series investigates a local chikungunya outbreak during the COVID-19 pandemic, involving two virologically confirmed chikungunya cases found in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia in 2021 and the contact tracing of 65 people from the same neighborhood (one of which was also virologically confirmed with CHIKV).
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