Chikungunya fever. A new global threat

The recent onset of epidemics caused by viruses such as Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Lassa, coronavirus, West-Nile encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, human immunodeficiency virus, dengue, yellow fever and Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever alerts about the risk these agents represent for the global health...

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Autor principal: Montero, Antonio
Formato: article artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier España 2020
Materias:
Chikungunya
Medicina tropical
Infecciones emergentes
Virus
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2133/18094
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/18094
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Repositorio Hipermedial de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) de Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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topic Chikungunya
Medicina tropical
Infecciones emergentes
Virus
spellingShingle Chikungunya
Medicina tropical
Infecciones emergentes
Virus
Montero, Antonio
Chikungunya fever. A new global threat
topic_facet Chikungunya
Medicina tropical
Infecciones emergentes
Virus
description The recent onset of epidemics caused by viruses such as Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Lassa, coronavirus, West-Nile encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, human immunodeficiency virus, dengue, yellow fever and Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever alerts about the risk these agents represent for the global health. Chikungunya virus represents a new threat. Surged from remote African regions, this virus has become endemic in the Indic ocean basin, the Indian subcontinent and the southeast of Asia, causing serious epidemics in Africa, Indic Ocean Islands, Asia and Europe. Due to their epidemiological and biological features and the global presence of their vectors, chikungunya represents a serious menace and could become endemic in the Americas. Although chikungunya infection has a low mortality rate, its high attack ratio may collapse the health system during epidemics affecting a sensitive population. In this paper, we review the clinical and epidemiological features of chikungunya fever as well as the risk of its introduction into the Americas. We remark the importance of the epidemiological control and mosquitoes fighting in order to prevent this disease from being introduced into the Americas.
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title Chikungunya fever. A new global threat
title_short Chikungunya fever. A new global threat
title_full Chikungunya fever. A new global threat
title_fullStr Chikungunya fever. A new global threat
title_full_unstemmed Chikungunya fever. A new global threat
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publisher Elsevier España
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http://hdl.handle.net/2133/18094
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