Public Health Focus on Arboviral Diseases
Moderated by Karen Krueger, MD, clinical director, Travel and Immunization Clinic, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine; panelists Jorge E. Osorio, DVM, PhD, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Fernando J. Ysern Borrás, MD, president of Grupo Pediátrico de Caguas CSP, Ponce Health Sciences, University School of Medicine, discuss arboviral diseases. The discussion focused on 4 main arboviruses, including chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, and zika. Drs Osorio and Ysern Borrás emphasized the continuing need for improved control and prevention measures for these diseases.