Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis

Venezuelan Haemorrhagic Fever is an endemic zoonosis exhibiting a high lethality. Discovered decades ago, it is still causing seasonal hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. With the ongoing migration crisis, transmission and spreading to other countries in Latin America remains a latent threat that should be...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J., Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine, Risquez, Alejandro, Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto, Suárez, José Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8666539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100945
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author Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine
Risquez, Alejandro
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description Venezuelan Haemorrhagic Fever is an endemic zoonosis exhibiting a high lethality. Discovered decades ago, it is still causing seasonal hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. With the ongoing migration crisis, transmission and spreading to other countries in Latin America remains a latent threat that should be monitored, particularly in light of recent cases.
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spelling pubmed-86665392021-12-15 Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J. Bonilla-Aldana, D. Katterine Risquez, Alejandro Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto Suárez, José Antonio New Microbes New Infect Letter to the Editor Venezuelan Haemorrhagic Fever is an endemic zoonosis exhibiting a high lethality. Discovered decades ago, it is still causing seasonal hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. With the ongoing migration crisis, transmission and spreading to other countries in Latin America remains a latent threat that should be monitored, particularly in light of recent cases. Elsevier 2021-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8666539/ /pubmed/34917387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100945 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Letter to the Editor
Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
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Risquez, Alejandro
Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto
Suárez, José Antonio
Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis
title Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis
title_full Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis
title_fullStr Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis
title_full_unstemmed Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis
title_short Should we be concerned about Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – A reflection on its current situation in Venezuela and potential impact in Latin America amid the migration crisis
title_sort should we be concerned about venezuelan hemorrhagic fever? – a reflection on its current situation in venezuela and potential impact in latin america amid the migration crisis
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8666539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100945
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