title: Emergence of Human Arboviral Diseases in the Americas, 2000-2016.
abstract: In addition to individual or clusters of cases of human infections with arboviruses, the past 15 years has seen the emergence of newly recognized arboviruses and the re-emergence of others. Mentioned in this brief summary are Bourbon, Cache Valley, chikungunya, Heartland, Itaqui, Mayaro, Oropouche, Powassan, and Zika viruses, the latter being a remarkable occurrence.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute , Brazilian Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil .|2 Department of Pathology, University of Para State , Belém, Brazil .
authors.forename: Pedro F C
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.affiliation: 3 Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado.
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Calisher
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas / Q000453:epidemiology; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000145:classification*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D006801:Humans
keywords: Arbovirus; Bourbon; Cache Valley; Chikungunya; Emerging; Heartland; Iquitos; Mayaro; Powassan; The Americas; Zika; Zoonoses