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Objective
To determine if chikungunya virus persists in synovial fluid after infection, potentially acting as a causative mechanism of persistent arthritis.
Methods
We conducted a cross‐sectional study of 38 Colombian participants with clinical chikungunya virus infection during the 2014–2015 epidemic who reported chronic arthritis and 10 location‐matched controls without chikungunya virus or arthritis...
Objective
To estimate the frequency of chronic joint pain after infection with chikungunya virus in a Latin American cohort.
Methods
A cross‐sectional follow‐up of a prospective cohort of 500 patients from the Atlántico Department, Colombia who were clinically diagnosed as having chikungunya virus during the 2014–2015 epidemic was conducted. Baseline symptoms and follow‐up symptoms at 20 months...