| [detection of aedes albopictus (skuse) (diptera: culicidae) in the municipality of istmina, chocó, colombia]. | aedes albopictus is widely distributed around the world. its introduction to the americas occurred in 1985 and it is considered a potential vector of dengue viruses and one of the principal vectors of chikungunya virus. in colombia, this species was reported for the first time in leticia (amazonas) in 1998, followed by buenaventura (valle del cauca) in 2001, barrancabermeja (santander) in 2010, and medellín (antioquia) in 2011. so far, this species has been reported in ten departments of the cou ... | 2016 | 27869392 |
| [atypical mucocutaneous manifestations in neonates and infants with chikungunya fever in the municipalities of cúcuta, los patios and villa del rosario, norte de santander, colombia, 2014]. | atypical clinical manifestations have been observed in newborns and infants suffering from fever caused by the chikungunya virus. objective: to describe the cases of fever caused by the chikungunya virus in newborns and infants with atypical mucocutaneous lesions. materials and methods: we reviewed the clinical records, as well as lab tests and histopathological results, of newborns and infants diagnosed with chikungunya virus and atypical mucocutaneous lesions in three regional hospitals. resul ... | 2016 | 27869384 |
| a comprehensive analysis and immunobiology of autoimmune neurological syndromes during the zika virus outbreak in cúcuta, colombia. | we have focused on the epidemiology and immunobiology of zika virus (zikv) infection and factors associated with the development of guillain-barré syndrome (gbs) and other neurological syndromes in cúcuta, the capital of north santander department, colombia. data of patients with zikv disease reported to the national population-based surveillance system were used to calculate the basic reproduction number (r0) and the attack rates (ars) as well as to develop epidemiological maps. patients with n ... | 2017 | 28062188 |