Socio-demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of a Chikungunya Cohort from the 2017 Dhaka Outbreak of Bangladesh

Background: Chikungunya is a rapidly spreading viral infection of global concern. Initial presentation of chikungunya infection is often indistinguishable from other viral infections. In Bangladesh, chikungunya is an emerging infection. In this report, we describe socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of chikungunya in a selected group of Bangladeshi patients