Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for Chikungunya (Excerpt from the 2025 Edition)
Abstract：I. Clinical Manifestations
Incubation period: 1-12 days, commonly 3-7 days.
(1) Fever: Acute onset, fever is mainly moderate to low grade, some patients may have high fever, accompanied by chills, headache, back pain, generalized muscle pain, photophobia, nausea, vomiting, etc. The duration of fever is usually 1-7 days.
(2) Arthralgia: It is a significant feature of chikungunya. It can be the first symptom. Initially, it presents as pain in one or two joints, and multiple joint pains appear within 24-48 hours, often symmetrically distributed. It mainly affects distal small joints such as ankle, finger, wrist, and toe joints, and may also involve larger joints such as knee and shoulder.
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Publication Date：2025-08-18
Online Publishing Date：2025-09-01(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 897-899 )