Tag: dengue in Brazil

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  October 28, 2020 - by Alison

  Dengue and COVID-19: Is there a link?

  In March this year, an article published in the Lancet raised concerns that patients testing positive for dengue were later confirmed to have COVID-19. It describes two patients in Singapore with false-positive results from rapid serological testing for dengue who were later confirmed to be…

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  January 31, 2018 - by Alison

  Dengue in Acre: how the virus took hold in a rural Brazilian state

  Once the only state in Brazil to be free from dengue, investments aimed at developing rural Acre have, unfortunately, allowed Aedes aegypti to move in and thrive. Together, the movement of people, development projects, and unplanned urbanization have created the conditions for the dengue vector…

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