ANÁLISE DOS ASPECTOS CLÍNICOS E MANEJO DA INFECÇÃO PELO VÍRUS CHIKUNGUNYA

Chikungunya fever is an arboviral disease caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an enzootic RNA virus belonging to the Togaviridae family and the Alphavirus genus, found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, in the Indian Ocean, South and Southeast Asia It was first isolated in 1952 in Tanzania. Her name means "bent walking." Her transmission occurs through the female bite of mosquitoes Ae. Aegypti and Ae. Albopictus infected with CHIKV, having an incubation period in humans of, on average, 3 to 7 days, ranging from 1 to 12 days and a viremia period of up to 10 days after the appearance of clinical manifestations. Infection leads to symptomatic forms in up to 70% of those infected, and their clinical forms in symptomatic patients are divided into three phases: acute or febrile, lasting up to ten days; Subacute, which lasts up to three months; And chronic, which can reach years. For a correct clinical management of each stage of the disease, as well as an early diagnosis in order to avoid the evolution to incapacitating forms, the knowledge of the manifestations of this arbovirosis and how to conduct it in its evolution is of paramount importance