Revista MVZ Cordoba (May 2016)

Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the uninvited viruses: Potential consequences for Europe and North America

  • Salim Mattar,
  • Marco González T.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 2
pp. 5301 – 5303

Abstract

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In the Latin American tropics, we have witnessed the emergence of several pathogenic arboviruses in the last decade. These include Yellow Fever, West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Mayaro, Oropouche, Ilheus, and most recently, Chikungunya and Zika. Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), microcephaly and all the encephalitides, have been of concern to public health officials in Latin America since the arrival of emerging arboviruses. ¡Don‘t forget about dengue!

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