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The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria
Arboviruses are distributed worldwide and constitute significant health burden globally. Outbreaks of arboviruses have been reported in Africa and beyond. In Nigeria, like in many other countries, arbovirus infections are more often than not neglected. As the early clinical features of arbovirus inf...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30400643 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6040099 |
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author | Kolawole, Olatunji M. Seriki, Adebimpe A. Irekeola, Ahmad A. Ogah, Jeremiah I. |
author_facet | Kolawole, Olatunji M. Seriki, Adebimpe A. Irekeola, Ahmad A. Ogah, Jeremiah I. |
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description | Arboviruses are distributed worldwide and constitute significant health burden globally. Outbreaks of arboviruses have been reported in Africa and beyond. In Nigeria, like in many other countries, arbovirus infections are more often than not neglected. As the early clinical features of arbovirus infections are generally nonspecific, most healthcare providers mistake them for other diseases. Outbreaks have been reported in Africa and beyond. The consequence of missed diagnosis of diseases cannot be overstated. In this review, some epidemiological data, classical syndromes, and risk factors for five human arboviruses (yellow fever YF, dengue DENV, chikungunya CHIKV, Rift Valley fever RVF, and West Nile virus WNV) found in Nigeria are presented. Health practitioners should ensure in-depth analysis rather than a superficial diagnosis of diseases before declaring a course of treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-63133942019-01-04 The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria Kolawole, Olatunji M. Seriki, Adebimpe A. Irekeola, Ahmad A. Ogah, Jeremiah I. Diseases Review Arboviruses are distributed worldwide and constitute significant health burden globally. Outbreaks of arboviruses have been reported in Africa and beyond. In Nigeria, like in many other countries, arbovirus infections are more often than not neglected. As the early clinical features of arbovirus infections are generally nonspecific, most healthcare providers mistake them for other diseases. Outbreaks have been reported in Africa and beyond. The consequence of missed diagnosis of diseases cannot be overstated. In this review, some epidemiological data, classical syndromes, and risk factors for five human arboviruses (yellow fever YF, dengue DENV, chikungunya CHIKV, Rift Valley fever RVF, and West Nile virus WNV) found in Nigeria are presented. Health practitioners should ensure in-depth analysis rather than a superficial diagnosis of diseases before declaring a course of treatment. MDPI 2018-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6313394/ /pubmed/30400643 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6040099 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Kolawole, Olatunji M. Seriki, Adebimpe A. Irekeola, Ahmad A. Ogah, Jeremiah I. The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria |
title | The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria |
title_full | The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria |
title_fullStr | The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria |
title_short | The Neglect and Fast Spread of Some Arboviruses: A Note for Healthcare Providers in Nigeria |
title_sort | neglect and fast spread of some arboviruses: a note for healthcare providers in nigeria |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30400643 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6040099 |
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