2024
Chikungunya Arthritis Treatment with Methotrexate and Dexamethasone: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Amaral J, Lucena G, Schoen R. Chikungunya Arthritis Treatment with Methotrexate and Dexamethasone: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial. Current Rheumatology Reviews 2024, 20: 337-346. PMID: 38173199, DOI: 10.2174/0115733971278715231208114037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic chikungunya arthritisChikungunya arthritisDouble-blindJoint countPlacebo-controlled clinical trialPain visual analog scalePlacebo-controlled trialChikungunya feverPatient global assessmentVisual analog scaleAffected individualsSwollen joint countTender joint countChikungunya virus infectionDAS28-ESRDexamethasone groupSD ageAnalog scaleBiphasic diseaseTreatment responseClinical trialsAcute phaseDexamethasoneVirus infectionGlobal assessmentQuality of Life and Disability in Chikungunya Arthritis
Amaral J, Taylor P, Weinblatt M, Bandeira Í, Schoen R. Quality of Life and Disability in Chikungunya Arthritis. Current Rheumatology Reviews 2024, 20: 65-71. PMID: 37605393, DOI: 10.2174/1573397119666230726113647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChikungunya arthritisVisual analog scaleSF-12Quality of lifeChikungunya feverVisual analog scale pain scoreShort Form Health SurveyHealth Assessment Questionnaire Disability IndexRetrospective cross-sectional studyVirus-infected patientsCKV patientsCross-sectional studyPublic health impactChikungunya fever patientsChikungunya virus infectionMCS-12PCS-12Assess disabilityOutbreak of chikungunya feverHealth SurveyDisability IndexPain scoresDAS28-ESRAnalog scaleMosquito vectors
2022
Pathogenesis of chronic chikungunya arthritis: Resemblances and links with rheumatoid arthritis
Amaral J, Bingham C, Taylor P, Vilá L, Weinblatt M, Schoen R. Pathogenesis of chronic chikungunya arthritis: Resemblances and links with rheumatoid arthritis. Travel Medicine And Infectious Disease 2022, 52: 102534. PMID: 36549417, DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic chikungunya arthritisMesenchymal stem cellsJoint painChikungunya virusReactivation of dormant virusesMorphologically similar to fibroblastsChikungunya feverEpigenetic changesChronic joint painAcute febrile illnessChikungunya virus infectionSimilar to fibroblastsMaculopapular rashChikungunya arthritisDormant virusesFebrile illnessLatent infectionMultipotent cellsStem cellsHeterogeneous groupRheumatoid arthritisPathogenic hypothesisGroup of multipotent cellsPainPatients