Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes whose clinical feature is the early joint damage. Approximately 8% of patients have chronic arthropathy resembling to the rheumatoid polyarthritis. The EchoCHIK study we propose is in the context of the epidemic in Martinique which began in January 2014. It should give a better understanding of arthritis and juxtaarticular of CHIK and look for signs that may allow ultrasound predict the evolution of chronic arthropathy of CHIK.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
use of quality of life questionnaire (SF 36) ( at enrollment visit, at 3 month, at 6 month and at12 month for the following visits)
CHU de Martinique
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Presence of sonographic signs observed during the initial scan: periarticular infiltration, effusion, positive Doppler, erosions.
Progression to chronic form defined by the persistence or recurrence of muscle symptoms (myalgia) and joints (arthralgia, arthritis) more than two months after the onset of symptoms of acute phase.
Time frame: enrollement visit
Presence of clinical and sonographic signs observed at each visit: arthralgia, arthritis clinics, periarticular infiltration, effusion, positive Doppler erosions.
Time frame: 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 12 month after the first symptoms of infection by chikungunya virus
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