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Such clinical reports will help identify future neuro-chikungunya cases and to improve outcome especially in autoimmune-mediated conditions. AHMEDABAD: Last week a 62-year-old man succumbed to chikungunya owing to neurological and renal complications at a city hospital on the SG highway. TimesView Chikungunya-related neurological complications should be investigated in patients from endemic areas which have presence of Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. “One such typical case has been reported in West Bengal too,” says a senior doctor at VS hospital. He was treated with five doses of intravenous immunoglobulin along with supportive care.Even after the medical intervention he showed partial recovery..