Chikungunya
Treatment with biological therapy is associated with faster recovery and lower frequency of treatment switch among rheumatic patients with Chikungunya fever

The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was isolated in 1953 and received this name, derived from the African Makonde dialect meaning “that which bends up”, due to the posture acquired by affected patients related to intense musculoskeletal pain in the disease acute phase [1]. Over the following decades,...