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...

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Autores:
Gómez-Duarte, Oscar G
Tipo de recurso:
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Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
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Palabra clave:
61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Ebola
Ebola
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title Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
spellingShingle Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Ebola
Ebola
title_short Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
title_full Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
title_fullStr Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
title_full_unstemmed Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
title_sort Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and Beyond
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Gómez-Duarte, Oscar G
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Gómez-Duarte, Oscar G
dc.subject.ddc.spa.fl_str_mv 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
topic 61 Ciencias médicas; Medicina / Medicine and health
Ebola
Ebola
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Ebola
description 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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