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Emerging arboviruses and public health challenges in Brazil

Overview of attention for article published in Revista de Saúde Pública, June 2016
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Title
Emerging arboviruses and public health challenges in Brazil
Published in
Revista de Saúde Pública, June 2016
DOI 10.1590/s1518-8787.2016050006791
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Tamara Nunes Lima-Camara

Abstract

Environmental modification by anthropogenic actions, disordered urban growth, globalization of international exchange and climate change are some factors that help the emergence and dissemination of human infectious diseases transmitted by vectors. This review discusses the recent entry of three arboviruses in Brazil: Chikungunya, West Nile, and Zika virus, focusing on the challenges for the Country's public health. The Brazilian population is exposed to infections caused by these three arboviruses widely distributed on the national territory and associated with humans. Without effective vaccine and specific treatment, the maintainance and integration of a continuos entomological and epidemiological surveillance are important so we can set methods to control and prevent these arboviruses in the Country. RESUMO A modificação do ambiente por ações antrópicas, o crescimento urbano desordenado, o processo de globalização do intercâmbio internacional e as mudanças climáticas são alguns fatores que vêm facilitando a emergência e disseminação de doenças infecciosas humanas transmitidas por vetores. Este comentário aborda a recente entrada de três arbovírus no Brasil, Chikungunya (CHIKV), West Nile (WNV) e Zika (ZIKV), com enfoque nos desafios para a Saúde Pública do País. Transmitidos por mosquitos vetores amplamente distribuídos no território nacional e associados ao homem, a população brasileira encontra-se exposta à infecção por esses três arbovírus. Na ausência de vacina eficaz e tratamento específico, são importantes a manutenção e integração de uma vigilância entomológica e epidemiológica contínua, a fim de direcionarmos métodos de controle e prevenção contra essas arboviroses no País.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 5 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 560 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 115 20%
Student > Master 106 19%
Researcher 38 7%
Student > Postgraduate 37 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 37 7%
Other 91 16%
Unknown 142 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 81 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 78 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 76 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 42 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 25 4%
Other 103 18%
Unknown 161 28%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 October 2021.
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#7,047,316
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Revista de Saúde Pública
#214
of 1,139 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#108,438
of 367,725 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Revista de Saúde Pública
#4
of 25 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,647 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 71st percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,139 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its peers.
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