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Getting ready for summer 'arbovirus' season in Houston

April 7, 2015 arbovirus infections, Baylor College of Medicine, chikungunya, Dengue Fever, Dr. Coreen Beaumier, Dr. Kathryn Jones, Dr. Kristy Murray, Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr. Rebecca Rico-Hesse, Harris County, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, Melissa Nolan Garcia, molecular virology and microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Vaccines, West Nile Virus

Dengue and Chikungunya are not exactly household worlds, but these two viral infections are serious diseases (known as “arbovirus infections”). Each is transmitted by mosquitoes,