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Clin Case Rep
; 10(9): e05877, 2022 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36172330
ABSTRACT
Chikungunya is an arboviral disease caused by a virus with wide geographical distribution in endemic areas. This case report documents a patient with antisynthetase syndrome post-chikungunya infection. Autoimmune diseases result from breakdown of immune tolerance. Among all triggers, viruses represent the greatest environmental potential to precipitate inflammatory myopathy.