| dengue fever occurrence and vector detection by larval survey, ovitrap and mosquitrap: a space-time clusters analysis. | the use of vector surveillance tools for preventing dengue disease requires fine assessment of risk, in order to improve vector control activities. nevertheless, the thresholds between vector detection and dengue fever occurrence are currently not well established. in belo horizonte (minas gerais, brazil), dengue has been endemic for several years. from january 2007 to june 2008, the dengue vector aedes (stegomyia) aegypti was monitored by ovitrap, the sticky-trap mosquitrap™ and larval surveys ... | 2012 | 22848729 |
| isolation of saint louis encephalitis virus from a horse with neurological disease in brazil. | st. louis encephalitis virus (slev) is a causative agent of encephalitis in humans in the western hemisphere. slev is a positive-sense rna virus that belongs to the flavivirus genus, which includes west nile encephalitis virus, japanese encephalitis virus, dengue virus and other medically important viruses. recently, we isolated a slev strain from the brain of a horse with neurological signs in the countryside of minas gerais, brazil. the slev isolation was confirmed by reverse-transcription rt- ... | 2013 | 24278489 |