Ebola Preparedness and Risk in Latin America By Alfonso J. Rodriguez‐Morales, Jaime Andrés Cardona‐Ospina, Sivia
Fernanda‐Urbano, Katherinn Melissa Nasner‐Posso, Stefania Cruz‐
Calderón, Carlos E. Calvache‐Benavides, Yudy Lorena Delgado‐
Pascuaza, Juan Camilo Castillo, Maria Yamile Alvarez‐Ríos, Hamilton
A. Marín‐Rincón, Liceth Urrutia and Alberto Paniz‐Mondolfi
Until today, February 22, 2016, no confirmed Ebola cases have been diagnosed in Americas (except USA, four cases with one death). Confusion, lack of knowledge, and fear have led to quickly misclassify cases as suspected, when in fact most of them are false alarms. Nevertheless, European governments summoned to mobilize resources to attend the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. And also Latin American governments should contribute to halt this humanitarian crisis and to be prepared for the potential arrival of this deadly virus in the Caribbean, Central, and South American mainland. In this chapter, we described the experience of preparedness as well as risk assessment done in Latin America regarding the threat of Ebola for the region.
Part of the book: Ebola
Introductory Chapter: Clinical and Epidemiological Implications of Zika Virus Infection - The Experience of RECOLZIKA in Colombia By Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, Adriana M. Trujillo, Jorge A. Sánchez-
Duque, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Wilmer E. Villamil-Gómez, Carlos
E. Jimenez-Canizalez, Jorge L. Alvarado-Socarras, Juan Carlos
Sepúlveda-Arias, Pío López, Matthew Collins, Alberto Paniz-
Mondolfi, Antonio C. Bandeira and José Antonio Suárez
Part of the book: Current Topics in Zika