Emerging Arboviroses in Mexico: chikunguña and zika

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Luis Del Carpio-Orantes
<p>Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Zona 71, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Veracruz, Veracruz</p>

Keywords

Chikunguña, Zika, Arboviruses

Abstract

Arboviruses are characterized by being transmitted from animals to humans through blood-sucking arthropods vectors (in our country abound Aedes mosquitoes, primarily Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus lesser extent). They have worldwide distribution, especially in tropical and subtropical regions of the world where they are considered endemic. We distinguish between 300 and 400 species, of which one third affects men and 40 of them cause defined clinical pictures and generate emerging diseases.
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Published
April 26, 2016
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Vol. 54 No. 3 (2016): May-June
Section
Letter to the Editor

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Del Carpio-Orantes L. Emerging Arboviroses in Mexico: chikunguña and zika. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc [Internet]. 2016 Apr. 26 [cited 2025 Jul. 14];54(3):278-9. Available from: https://revistamedica.imss.gob.mx/index.php/revista_medica/article/view/330