Search for dissertations about: "Chikungunya"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word Chikungunya.
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1. Macromolecular organization of the chikungunya virus replication organelle
Abstract : The chikungunya virus is a positive-sense RNA virus responsible for the crippling chikungunya fever. It is transmitted through the bites of two species of mosquitoes: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. READ MORE
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2. Otherness and disease in Reunion : The politicisation of the 2005 to 2007 chikungunya epidemic
Abstract : In this dissertation I investigate how decolonisation through inclusion instead of independence has affected processes of othering, and reactions to being othered. By othering I mean discursive colonial practices described by post-colonial theories, in which racial and cultural difference is produced as inferior vis-à-vis the “superior” West. READ MORE
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3. Seroepidemiology of vaccine-preventable and emerging RNA viruses in Rwanda
Abstract : Abstract Infectious diseases are a leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, and in Rwanda diarrhea, lower respiratory and other common infections are linked to high mortality and morbidity. For children ... READ MORE
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4. Climate Change, Dengue and Aedes Mosquitoes : Past Trends and Future Scenarios
Abstract : Background Climate change, global travel and trade have facilitated the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and have consequently enabled the diseases they transmit (dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika and yellow fever) to emerge and re-emerge in uninfected areas. Large dengue outbreaks occurred in Athens in 1927 and in Portuguese island, Madeira in 2012, but there are almost no recent reports of Aedes aegypti, the principal vector, in Europe. READ MORE
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5. Spatiotemporal prediction of arbovirus outbreak risk : the role of weather and population mobility
Abstract : Background: Arboviruses such as dengue and chikungunya have been a significant public health burden globally for several decades. In Indonesia, all four dengue serotypes are circulating. READ MORE