Usutu virus infection in Latin America: A new emerging threat

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 641-643

  Paniz Mondolfi, Alberto E ^a,b,c,d,e   Villamil Gómez, Wilmer E ^d,f,g,h   Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^c,d,f,h,i,j  

^a Hospital Internacional   (Venezuela)

^b Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Trabajo y Seguridad Social Venezuela   (Venezuela)

^c Working Group on Zoonoses   (United Kingdom)

^d Pan American Association of Infectious Diseases   (Ecuador)

^e The Regional Zika Lara collaborative network and Emerging Pathogens and Zoonoses Research Group   (Venezuela)

^f Hospital Universitario de Sincelejo   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^h Asociación Colombiana de Infectología   (Colombia)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^j Organización Latinoamericana para el Fomento de la Investigación en Salud OLFIS   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Latin America; Travelers; Usutu; Vectors

Indexed keywords

CHIKUNGUNYA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; USUTU VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIKA FEVER; AEDES; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO VECTOR; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MOSQUITO VECTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84994113218     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.08.004     Document Type: Letter

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