Assessment of Post-Dengue Rheumatic Symptoms Using the WOMAC and DAS-28 Questionnaires in a Honduran Population after a Four-Month Follow-Up.
Lysien I ZambranoItzel Carolina Fuentes-BarahonaRicardo Portillo-PinedaMelissa Aguilar-PonceJosé Carlos Murillo-PadillaMarlen Suazo-MenocalCesar Antunez-SalgadoEdissa Medina-BassiletFausto Muñoz-LaraD Katterine Bonilla-AldanaJuan J Montenegro-IdrogoAlfonso Javier Rodriguez-MoralesPublished in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease (2022)
Joint involvement was high during the dengue epidemic in 2019. We observed a significant proportion of women with inflammation and joint pain, showing that dengue may lead to the development of chronic rheumatological findings, although lower than in CHIKV, still affecting everyday life and, consequently, their quality of life. Additional long-term evaluation studies after dengue are required.