Objective To determine the percentage of patients who would develop chronic inflammatory
rheumatism (CIR) following chikungunya (CHIK) virus disease. Methods We conducted a …

More than a billion people—one-sixth of the world's population, mostly in develo**
countries—are infected with one or more of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Several …

Over the past weeks the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by
the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)[1], has been steady …

Much research effort has been invested in understanding ecological impacts of invasive
alien species (IAS) across ecosystems and taxonomic groups, but empirical studies about …

Background The introduction of Wolbachia (w Mel strain) into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
reduces their capacity to transmit dengue and other arboviruses. Randomised and non …

Abstract Background In Colombia, the dengue virus (DENV) has been endemic for decades,
and with the recent entry of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV)(2014) and the Zika virus …

Background New approaches to preventing chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are needed
because current methods are limited to controlling mosquito populations, and they have not …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus, is recurring in epidemic
waves. In the past decade and a half, the disease has resurged in several countries around …

The robust estimate and forecast capability of random forests (RF) has been widely
recognized, however this ensemble machine learning method has not been widely used in …

Abstract Background In 2015, the Zika arbovirus (ZIKV) began circulating in the Americas,
rapidly expanding its global geographic range in explosive outbreaks. Unusual among …