Frequency of chronic joint pain following chikungunya virus infection: a Colombian cohort study

AY Chang, L Encinales, A Porras… - Arthritis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To estimate the frequency of chronic joint pain after infection with chikungunya virus
in a Latin American cohort. Methods A cross‐sectional follow‐up of a prospective cohort of …

Chikungunya arthritis mechanisms in the Americas: a cross‐sectional analysis of chikungunya arthritis patients twenty‐two months after infection demonstrating no …

AY Chang, KAO Martins, L Encinales… - Arthritis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine if chikungunya virus persists in synovial fluid after infection, potentially
acting as a causative mechanism of persistent arthritis. Methods We conducted a cross‐…

Sequential neuroimaging of the fetus and newborn with in utero Zika virus exposure

…, C Cristante, SM Russo, L Encinales… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The evolution of fetal brain injury by Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is not well described.
Objectives To perform longitudinal neuroimaging of fetuses and infants exposed to in …

Chronic joint pain 3 years after chikungunya virus infection largely characterized by relapsing-remitting symptoms

SR Tritsch, L Encinales, N Pacheco, A Cadena… - The Journal of …, 2020 - jrheum.org
Objective. To determine the frequency of chronic joint pain and stiffness 3 years after
infection with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in a Latin American cohort. Methods. A cross-sectional …

[HTML][HTML] Co-circulation of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses in Colombia from 2008 to 2018

…, PR Alexandra, A Chang, L Encinales… - … de Salud Pública, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective. This study aimed to identify the co-circulation patterns of three viruses (dengue,
Zika, and chikungunya) in Colombia from 2008 to 2018 by using notification reports provided …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralizing antibodies from convalescent Chikungunya virus patients can cross-neutralize Mayaro and Una viruses

…, SM Valdez, TR Sprague, L Encinales… - The American journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Most alphaviruses are mosquito-borne and can cause severe disease in domesticated
animals and humans. The most notable recent outbreak in the Americas was the 2014 …

Humoral immunity in tuberculin skin test anergy and its role in high-risk persons exposed to active tuberculosis

L Encinales, J Zuñiga, J Granados-Montiel, M Yunis… - Molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
The most common test to identify latent tuberculosis is the tuberculin skin test that detects T
cell responses of delayed type hypersensitivity type IV. Since it produces false negative …

Stiffness, pain, and joint counts in chronic chikungunya disease: relevance to disability and quality of life

H Watson, SR Tritsch, L Encinales, A Cadena… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction/Objectives To characterize the importance of musculoskeletal stiffness in a
cohort of chikungunya patients with chronic joint symptoms. Method Eighty-two patients were …

Augmented Zika and dengue neutralizing antibodies are associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome

RM Lynch, G Mantus, L Encinales… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The role of neutralizing antibodies in Zika-induced Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has not
yet been investigated. We conducted a case-control study using sera from the 2016 Zika …

[HTML][HTML] The cytokine profile in acute chikungunya infection is predictive of chronic arthritis 20 months post infection

AY Chang, S Tritsch, SP Reid, K Martins, L Encinales… - Diseases, 2018 - mdpi.com
The cytokine profile during acute chikungunya infection that predicts future chronic arthritis
has not yet been investigated. We conducted a nested case-control study comparing serum …