@article{4dfe666f3efa47918cf0873ee5f0f504,
title = "Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and implications for spillover in the region",
abstract = "In the past 5-10 years, Venezuela has faced a severe economic crisis, precipitated by political instability and declining oil revenue. Public health provision has been affected particularly. In this Review, we assess the impact of Venezuela's health-care crisis on vector-borne diseases, and the spillover into neighbouring countries. Between 2000 and 2015, Venezuela witnessed a 359% increase in malaria cases, followed by a 71% increase in 2017 (411 586 cases) compared with 2016 (240 613). Neighbouring countries, such as Brazil, have reported an escalating trend of imported malaria cases from Venezuela, from 1538 in 2014 to 3129 in 2017. In Venezuela, active Chagas disease transmission has been reported, with seroprevalence in children (",
keywords = "CHAGAS-DISEASE, BOLIVAR STATE, CHIKUNGUNYA, MALARIA, VIRUS, MUNICIPALITY, INFECTION, EPIDEMIC, SIFONTES, MAYARO, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS",
author = "Grillet, {Maria E.} and Hernandez-Villena, {Juan V.} and Llewellyn, {Martin S.} and Paniz-Mondolfi, {Alberto E.} and Adriana Tami and Vincenti-Gonzalez, {Maria F.} and Marilianna Marquez and Mogollon-Mendoza, {Adriana C.} and Hernandez-Pereira, {Carlos E.} and Plaza-Morr, {Juan D.} and Gabriella Blohm and Grijalva, {Mario J.} and Costales, {Jaime A.} and Ferguson, {Heather M.} and Philipp Schwabl and Hernandez-Castro, {Luis E.} and Lamberton, {Poppy H. L.} and Streicker, {Daniel G.} and Haydon, {Daniel T.} and Miles, {Michael A.} and Alvaro Acosta-Serrano and Harry Acquattela and Basanez, {Maria G.} and Gustavo Benaim and Colmenares, {Luis A.} and Conn, {Jan E.} and Raul Espinoza and Hector Freilij and Graterol-Gil, {Mary C.} and Hotez, {Peter J.} and Hirotomo Kato and Lednicky, {John A.} and Martinez, {Clara E.} and Santiago Mas-Coma and Morris, {J. Glen} and Navarro, {Juan C.} and Ramirez, {Jose L.} and Marlenes Rodriguez and Urbina, {Julio A.} and Leopoldo Villegas and Segovia, {Maikell J.} and Carrasco, {Hernan J.} and Crainey, {James L.} and Luz, {Sergio L. B.} and Moreno, {Juan D.} and Gonzalez, {Oscar O. Noya} and Ramirez, {Juan D.} and {Alarcon-de Noya}, Belkisyole",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30757-6",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "e149--e161",
journal = "Lancet Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1473-3099",
publisher = "ELSEVIER SCI LTD",
number = "5",
}