Chikungunya infection in a human immunodeficiency virus‐infected kidney transplant recipient returning to Italy from the Dominican Republic |
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| Authors: | D. Dalla Gasperina M.L. Balsamo S.D. Garavaglia F. Rovida F. Baldanti P.A. Grossi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Surgical and Morphological Sciences of Clinical Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy;2. Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Molecular Virology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Since December 2013, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) spread in many countries of the Western Hemisphere, and during the last year some cases of infected European travelers, coming back from the Caribbean, have been reported. The risk of acquiring severe travel‐related illness is higher in immunocompromised subjects, such as patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or solid organ transplant recipients. We reported the first case, to our knowledge, of CHIKV infection in an HIV‐infected kidney transplant recipient. |
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| Keywords: | chikungunya organ transplantation HIV infection travel medicine vector‐borne disease |
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