Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection.

Introduction: Chikungunya infection presents with distinct clinical features depending on the patient age group.

Methods: Medical records of children with positive IgM for the chikungunya virus who were hospitalized in a pediatric ward in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil were analyzed.

Results: Fourteen children with a median age of 4 months (36 days to 15 years) were included.