COVID-19 Masquerading as Chikungunya Fever
Waqas Ullah1, Andrew Tran1, Sohaib Roomi1, Rehan Saeed1 & Usman Sarwar1 Show affiliations
- Abington Jefferson Health, United States
American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 73–76 · doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2020.73.76
Abstract
The COVID-19 outbreak is an unprecedented global public health challenge. It has a myriad of clinical presentations including fever, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea. Here, we present a unique case of COVID-19, with an atypical presentation of arthralgias and false-positive results for the chikungunya virus. By highlighting the importance of this rare association, we want physicians to be vigilant in the time of this pandemic and to have a high suspicion for this novel disease.
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Ullah, W., Tran, A., Roomi, S., Saeed, R. & Sarwar, U. (2020). COVID-19 Masquerading as Chikungunya Fever. American Journal of Infectious Diseases, 16(2), 73–76. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2020.73.76
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