Dual infection by chikungunya virus and other imported infectious agent in a traveller returning from India

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2008 May;6(3):152-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.02.002. Epub 2008 Mar 25.

Abstract

Chikungunya virus infection is a vector-borne self-limiting disease. Recent outbreaks in the Indian Ocean islands have drawn attention to the condition. Nevertheless, only a few reports of co-infection with other communicable agents have been reported. The case described now is of a traveller returning from India with concomitant documented chikungunya virus infection associated with systemic amoebiasis. This report highlights the multifaceted pathology that can be encountered with tropical infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alphavirus Infections / complications
  • Alphavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Animals
  • Chikungunya virus*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / complications
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Entamoeba histolytica*
  • Entamoebiasis / complications
  • Entamoebiasis / diagnosis*
  • France
  • Humans
  • India
  • Male
  • Travel*