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Zika
Epidemiological and clinical features of the 2016–2018 Zika virus outbreak in northern Argentina
In 2015, the emerging American strain of Zika virus (ZIKV) was first detected in Brazil and its rapid spread throughout the Americas and the world was well documented during the subsequent epidemic years.1 First isolated from a sentinel rhesus macaque in Uganda in 1947, ZIKV was not identified as a public...
Dengue Fever
Region-specific improvisation on WHO case definition and environmental risk factors associated with dengue: a case–control analysis from Kerala, India
Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne viral illness, with an increasing global incidence. At present, half of the world's population lives at risk of this illness. According to the National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control, in the year 2017 an alarming number of approximately 18 700...
Hepatitis A
Ethnic differences in hepatitis A and E virus seroprevalence in patients attending the Emergency Department, Paramaribo, Suriname
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection occurs via faeco-oral transmission and is associated with limited access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hand hygiene, and is endemic in mostly low- to middle-income countries (LMICs).1 In particular, a high prevalence of individuals positive for...
