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.

Chikungunya infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected kidney transplant recipient returning to Italy from the Dominican Republic

DALLA GASPERINA, DANIELA;BALSAMO, MARIA LUISA;GARAVAGLIA, SILVIA DANIELA;GROSSI, PAOLO ANTONIO
2015-01-01

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.
2015
http://www.wiley.com/bw/editors.asp?ref=1398-2273&site=1
Chikungunya; HIV infection; Organ transplantation; Travel medicine; Vector-borne disease; Transplantation; Infectious Diseases
DALLA GASPERINA, Daniela; Balsamo, MARIA LUISA; Garavaglia, SILVIA DANIELA; Rovida, F.; Baldanti, F.; Grossi, PAOLO ANTONIO
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