West Nile virus infections are here! Are we prepared to face another flavivirus epidemic?

West Nile virus infections are here! Are we prepared to face another flavivirus epidemic?

Abstract Emerging arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as chikungunya and Zika viruses, are a major threat to public health in countries like Brazil where biodiversity is high and medical care is sometimes precarious. West Nile fever is a disease caused by the West Nile Virus (WNV), an RNA vi...

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Main Authors: Luiza Antunes de Castro-Jorge, Márcio Junio Lima Siconelli, Beatriz dos Santos Ribeiro, Flávia Masson de Moraes, Jonathan Ballico de Moraes, Mayara Rovariz Agostinho, Taline Monteiro Klein, Vitor Gonçalves Floriano, Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
West Nile virus (WNV)
Arbovirus
Outbreak
Surveillance
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100202&lng=en&tlng=en

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