Challenges in Emerging and Reemerging Arboviral Diseases: The Examples of Oropouche and Yellow Fever

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales^{1

2}, Ranjit Sah^{3

4}, Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos⁵, Diana Marcela Pava-Garzón⁶

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru.
² Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Facultad de Medicina, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas-Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira 660003, Risaralda, Colombia.
³ Department of Medicine, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed-to-be-University), Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ SR Sanjeevani Hospital, Kalyanpur-10, Siraha 121102, Nepal.
⁵ Grupo de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C. 110311, Colombia.
⁶ Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), Bogotá D.C. 111321, Colombia.

Editorial

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales et al. Pathogens. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 23;14(7):621.

doi: 10.3390/pathogens14070621.

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales^{1

2}, Ranjit Sah^{3

4}, Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos⁵, Diana Marcela Pava-Garzón⁶

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru.
² Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Facultad de Medicina, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas-Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira 660003, Risaralda, Colombia.
³ Department of Medicine, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed-to-be-University), Pimpri, Pune 411018, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ SR Sanjeevani Hospital, Kalyanpur-10, Siraha 121102, Nepal.
⁵ Grupo de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C. 110311, Colombia.
⁶ Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), Bogotá D.C. 111321, Colombia.

Abstract

The global burden of arboviral diseases continues to rise with alarming frequency and impact [...].

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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