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COVID-19 Masquerading as Chikungunya Fever

Waqas Ullah1, Andrew Tran1, Sohaib Roomi1, Rehan Saeed1 and Usman Sarwar1
  • 1 Abington Jefferson Health, United States

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.

American Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 16 No. 2, 2020, 73-76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2020.73.76

Submitted On: 8 April 2020 Published On: 14 May 2020

How to Cite: 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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Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • CHIKV