Public health implications of a new world arenavirus outbreak that occurred in Bolivia, 2019

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Sep-Oct:43:102124. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102124. Epub 2021 Jun 16.

Affiliations

¹ Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: toledojoa@paho.org.
² Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Ministry of Health of Bolivia, La Paz, Plurinational State of Bolivia; Caja de Salud de la Banca Privada, Plurinational State of Bolivia.
⁴ University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA.

PMID: 34144179
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102124

No abstract available

Keywords: Case study; Chapare virus; Disease outbreak; New world arenaviruses; Nosocomial transmission; Viral hemorrhagic fever.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Arenaviruses, New World*
Bolivia / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Public Health*