Symptomatic chikungunya and chronic post-infection arthralgia in a highly endemic setting in Northeastern Brazil, 2018–2019: Clinical characteristics, prevalence and associated factors

• Carolline A. Mariz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: carolline.mariz@fiocruz.br

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7651-9429

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• Natália Menezes N. de Oliveira,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Sílvia Carla de A. Alexandre,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Isabelle Viana,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Clarice N. L. de Morais,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Virology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Ernesto T. A. Marques,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Virology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Thomas Jaenisch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Heidelberg Site, Heidelberg, Germany, Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Wayner Vieira de Souza ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶Date of death September 2nd, 2025.

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Maria de Fátima P. Militão de Albuquerque,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Carlos A. A. de Brito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Department of Immunology, Autoimune Research Institute, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Cynthia Braga

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Institute Aggeu Magalhães, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7862-6455

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