American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is characterized as a zoonosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania spp., presenting chronic, non-contagious evolution, and its transmission occurs through bite sand fly insects (Diptera: Psychodidae). The process expansion cities, agricultural frontiers, occupation peripheral areas contribute to occurrence epidemic outbreaks disease. This article ...

Introduction Syndromic surveillance can supplement diagnosis-based surveillance in resource-limited settings with limited laboratory infrastructure. Syndromic surveillance allows for early outbreak detection relative to traditional systems and enables community health monitoring during outbreaks1. Monitoring and disease diagnosis can be strengthened using pre-diagnostic data and statistical alg...

Viral diseases are an increasing threat to the thriving aquaculture industry worldwide. An emerging group of fish pathogens is formed by several ranaviruses, which have been isolated at different locations from freshwater and seawater fish species since 1985. We report the complete genome sequence of European sheatfish ranavirus (ESV), the first ranavirus isolated in Europe, which causes high m...

This study aimed to identify the epidemiological profile of congenital syphilis in pregnant women residing State Piauí from 2007 2017. An ecological was carried out between January and February 2019 Notifiable Diseases Information System Live Births System. The incidence increased during period studied (2007 2017), with an emphasis “Entre Rios” Health Region. Regarding neonates, they were predo...

Human encephalitis in Australia causes substantial mortality and morbidity, with frequent severe neurological sequelae and long-term cognitive impairment. This review discusses a number of highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses which have recently emerged in Australia, including Hendra virus and Australian bat lyssavirus which present with an encephalitic syndrome in humans. Encephalitis surveillan...

Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), a member of the family Alloherpesviridae is the causative agent of a lethal, highly contagious and notifiable disease in common and koi carp. The economic importance of common and koi carp industries together with the rapid spread of CyHV-3 worldwide, explain why this virus became soon after its isolation in the 1990s a subject of applied research. In addition t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the completeness of data describing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in NSW invasive meningococcal disease notifications and determine the relative risk for invasive meningococcal disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in NSW. METHODS Surveillance data from the NSW Notifiable Diseases Database was reviewed for 5-year periods between 1991 an...

INTRODUCTION Chagas' disease is not considered an endemic disease in the State of Maranhão. However, entomological surveys showed high natural vector infection indices and acute cases have been identified in the last few decades. This study aimed to analyze the social, demographic and environmental conditions involved in transmission. METHODS The study describes acute Chagas' disease identifi...