Rabies is a zoonotic disease caused by the rabies virus (RABV) from the Lyssavirus rabies species. In humans, around 60,000 deaths are registered annually in the world due to the disease, while accurate estimation of rabies incidence among other animals, mainly in wildlife, is unfeasible. In recent decad...
ABSTRACT Dengue has been a significant public health problem in Colombia since the simultaneous circulation of the four dengue virus serotypes. The replicative fitness of dengue is a biological feature important for virus evolution and contributes to elucidating the behavior of virus populations and vira...
In Argentina, many Flavivirus were recognised including West Nile virus (WNV). During 2009 several strains of Culex Flavivirus (CxFV), an insect-specific flavivirus, were isolated in the same region where circulation of WNV was detected. Hence, the objective of this study was to analyse the effect of co-...
Os vírus herpes simples (HSV), Epsteins-Barr (EBV) e citomegalovírus (CMV) possuem elevada prevalência mundial. Em portadores do HIV, as infecções oportunistas por estes vírus e o conseqüente desenvolvimento de lesões orais são complicações comuns, podendo resultar em alta morbidade e mortalid...
Em condiçöes de laboratório procedeu-se a ensaios visando testar a capacidade vetora para o vírus Rocio, da primeira geraçäo de Psorophora ferox, Aedes scapularis e Aedes serratus obtida a partir de especimens coletados na regiäo epidêmica do Estado de Säo Paulo, Brasil. Psorophora ferox e Aedes...
