Sero-prevalence of arthropod-borne viral infections among Lukanga swamp residents in Zambia

Human Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections

1 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, University of Cagliari, Policlinico Monserrato, S.S. 554, Bivio per Sestu, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy 2 Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Room Ee 1714a’s Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands 3 UMR190, Emergence des Pathologies Virales Aix-Marseille Universite, Institut de Reche...

Prevalence of blood-borne viral infections among autopsy cases in Jordan

Background: Morgues are high risk areas for the spread of infection from cadavers to staff during the post-mortem examination. Infection can spread from corpses to workers by airborne transmission, by direct contact, or through needle and sharp object injuries. Objective: Knowledge about the prevalence of these infections on autopsy is essential to determine the risk of transmission and to furt...

Sero-prevalence of Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma Infections among Newly Diagnosed HIV Patients

Vaccination against Mosquito Borne Viral Infections: Current Status

Mosquito borne infectious diseases are among important group of diseases worldwide. Vaccination is available for some tropical mosquito-borne diseases, especially for Japa-nese encephalitis virus infection and yellow fever. There are also several attempts to develop new vaccines for the other mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue infection and West Nile virus infection. In this articl...

Arthropod-borne viral infections associated with a fever outbreak in the northern province of Sudan.

An outbreak of acute febrile illness occurred during August and September 1989 in the Northern Province of Sudan coinciding with a high population density of phlebotomine sandflies. An investigation was conducted to determine whether arboviruses were associated with human illness during this outbreak. Sera were obtained from 185 febrile individuals and tested for IgG and IgM antibody to selecte...