Chikungunya virus (CHIK) infection: neurological features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Chikungunya virus (CHIK) infection: neurological features. Encephalopathy, Encephalitis, Meningoencephalitis. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Central neurological features
- Encephalopathy
- Encephalitis
- MeningoencephalitisÂ
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Post-chikungunya brainstem encephalitis
- Cerebellar ataxia
- Stroke
- Stimulus sensitive myoclonus
- Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS)
- Attention deficits
- Irritability
Cranial nerve palsies
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Spinal cord features
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Peripheral neurological features
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Persistent neurological complications
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References
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- Choudhary N, Makhija P, Puri V, Khwaja GA, Duggal A. An unusual case of myelitis with myositis. J Clin Diagn Res 2016; 10:OD19-OD20.
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