ASPECTOS CLÍNICOS E SOROLÓGICOS DE INDIVÍDUOS COM SINAIS E SINTOMAS DE FEBRE CHIKUNGUNYA

Abstract

Introduction: Chikungunya fever (FCHIK) is a disease of abrupt onset, transmitted by arthropod mosquitoes intermediate hosts of the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). The illness has a significant impact on the quality of life of the affected person. Since a disease causes intense and prolonged symptoms of polyarthralgia and myalgia, it requires health care, during a recovery, more than other arboviruses. The objective of this study was to study clinicians and clinicians suggestive of FCHIK, residing in the States of Amapá and Goiás, aiming to correlate the results of laboratory tests with the presented symptomatology. Materials and methods: The study was carried out at the Center for Immunological Studies and Research of the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, and in Emergency Care Units in the cities of Macapá, Oiapoque and Santana-AP. The study population consisted of 80 individuals with suspected FCHIK and for investigators of inflammatory markers, the control group consisted of 20 blood samples from healthy donors from Goiana Central de Serologia e Imunohematologia. Viral RNA extraction was performed, followed by RNA detection by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction. In addition to ELISA for detection of IgM and IgG against Chikungunya virus. Participants symptoms were correlated with serology and Creactive protein (CRP), which was evaluated in healthy subjects and in people with FCHIK. Results: No data presented for detection of viral RNA by RT-qPCR for CHIKV, but three samples were positive in this technique for zika virus and one for dengue subtype 1 (DENV1). In an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, 26 samples were positive for IgG and 3 for IgM. Regarding the stage of the disease, 10 were in the acute phase, 04 in the subacute phase and 12 in the chronic phase. Correlated the results of the serology with a symptomatology it was observed that the acute phase, all have fever, 90% headache, 70% arthralgia and 60% edema. (100%), myalgia and edema (75%). (100%), arthralgia (92%) and myalgia (75%). When comparing participants with negative serology, n = 54, the most prevalent symptoms were rash, headache, fever, and arthralgia. The CRP levels in individuals infected with more than four symptoms were higher when compared with healthy individuals. Conclusion: The study focused on people with a clinical picture characteristic of FCHIK. The most common symptom in the three phases presented for arthralgia, followed by edema and myalgia, a fever was frequent only in the acute phase. All participants were negative in the evaluation of viral RNA by RT-qPCR for CHIKV, for the virus has a short duration in the body, and this methodology is limited to the time of symptom onset and sample collection, DENV and ZIKV. IG G. Those with negative serology for CHIKV, despite taking into account the joints, symptoms common to other arboviruses. CRP levels have been shown to be high relative to healthy subjects.