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Detection of circulating mosquito-borne arboviruses in Brazil using travellers as sentinels

  • Published on 09/12/2025
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Vavassori, Laura; Hälg, Silvan; Hedrich, Nadja; Guedes, Duschinka; Paiva, Marcelo S.; Beuret, Christian; Blanke, Ulf; Neumayr, Andreas; Müller, Pie.

Abstract

Travellers visiting countries endemic for arboviral diseases may introduce arboviruses to new areas where competent vectors are already present, potentially leading to disease outbreaks in populations that have not previously been exposed. To assess exposure risks for travellers and identify which arboviruses they might import, we explored the use of international travellers to collect mosquito saliva samples at their travel destinations to map locally circulating...

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