Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
Is there a reason to fear that an Ebola outbreak may strike Latin America? The fear may not be unreasonable taking into account the history of epidemics that have affected the American continent since colonization times in 1492. Old World small pox epidemics spread and killed millions of Native Amer...
- Autores:
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Gómez-Duarte, Oscar G
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2014
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/65382
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/65382
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/66405/
- Palabra clave:
- 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Ebola
Ebola
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Is there a reason to fear that an Ebola outbreak may strike Latin America? The fear may not be unreasonable taking into account the history of epidemics that have affected the American continent since colonization times in 1492. Old World small pox epidemics spread and killed millions of Native Americans north and south from the equator. Imported West Nile virus infections reported in New York in 1999 dramatically spread East to West of the United States. Most recently, Chikungunya virus arrived to Central America in 2013 and has already infected close to 1 million people in Mexico, Central American countries, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyanas, Paraguay, and Venezuela. |
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