Health crisis in Venezuela: Status of communicable diseases and implications for the European Union and European Economic Area, May 2019

Re-emerging diseases outbreaks are being reported in Venezuela since 2012/13, following ongoing political and economic crisis. Healthcare system collapse has led to an increasing incidence and mortality from communicable diseases. Increasing movement of people between Venezuela and the European Unio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Espinosa, Laura, Mirinaviciute, Grazina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31164188
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.22.1900308
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Sumario:Re-emerging diseases outbreaks are being reported in Venezuela since 2012/13, following ongoing political and economic crisis. Healthcare system collapse has led to an increasing incidence and mortality from communicable diseases. Increasing movement of people between Venezuela and the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) creates a need for increased awareness of the infectious disease risks and requirements for appropriate investigation and treatment of individuals arriving from Venezuela; overall risk for EU/EEA citizens is low.

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