Disease and economic burdens of dengue

MC Castro, ME Wilson, DE Bloom - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2017 - thelancet.com
The burden of dengue is large and growing. More than half of the global population lives in
areas with risk of dengue transmission. Uncertainty in burden estimates, however …

30 years of fatal dengue cases in Brazil: a review

PCG Nunes, RP Daumas, JC Sánchez-Arcila… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Over the last 30 years, extensive dengue epidemics have occurred in Brazil,
characterized by emergences and re-emergences of different serotypes, a change in the …

Zika virus in the Americas: early epidemiological and genetic findings

NR Faria, RSS Azevedo, MUG Kraemer, R Souza… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with~ 30,000 cases
reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015, and cases of microcephaly …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent potent human neutralizing antibodies to Zika virus in Brazil and Mexico

DF Robbiani, L Bozzacco, JR Keeffe, R Khouri… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Antibodies to Zika virus (ZIKV) can be protective. To examine the antibody response in
individuals who develop high titers of anti-ZIKV antibodies, we screened cohorts in Brazil …

Genomic, epidemiological and digital surveillance of Chikungunya virus in the Brazilian Amazon

FG Naveca, I Claro, M Giovanetti… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Since its first detection in the Caribbean in late 2013, chikungunya virus
(CHIKV) has affected 51 countries in the Americas. The CHIKV epidemic in the Americas …

The impact of climate suitability, urbanisation, and connectivity on the expansion of dengue in 21st century Brazil

SA Lee, T Economou, R de Castro Catão… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Dengue is hyperendemic in Brazil, with outbreaks affecting all regions. Previous studies
identified geographical barriers to dengue transmission in Brazil, beyond which certain …

Methodological diversity in citizen science mosquito surveillance: A scoping review

LB Sousa, A Craig, U Chitkara… - Citizen Science …, 2022 - researchers.mq.edu.au
Global concern regarding mosquito-borne disease emergence and re-emergence has
driven the development of citizen science mosquito surveillance initiatives. Although these …

Spatiotemporal dynamics, risk areas and social determinants of dengue in Northeastern Brazil, 2014–2017: an ecological study

RF do Carmo, JVJ Silva Júnior, AF Pastor… - Infectious diseases of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Dengue fever is an arthropod-borne viral disease caused by dengue virus
(DENV) and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The Northeast region of Brazil is …

Epidemiological and ecological determinants of Zika virus transmission in an urban setting

J Lourenço, M Maia de Lima, NR Faria, A Walker… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The Zika virus has emerged as a global public health concern. Its rapid geographic
expansion is attributed to the success of Aedes mosquito vectors, but local epidemiological …

Space-time clusters and co-occurrence of chikungunya and dengue fever in Colombia from 2015 to 2016

MR Desjardins, A Whiteman, I Casas, E Delmelle - Acta tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) infect over one billion people and are responsible for over
one million deaths each year, globally. Chikungunya (CHIK) and Dengue Fever (DENF) are …