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    Reemergence of Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, 2007–2008
    (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009) Patricia V. Aguilar; Wilfredo Camargo; Jorge Vargas; Carolina Guevara; Yelin Roca; Vidal Felices; V. Alberto Laguna-Torres; Robert B. Tesh; Thomas G. Ksiazek; Tadeusz J. Kochel
    age.In particular, suspected childhood TB patients without an identifiable TB contact and with normal immune status were subjected to further investigations.Multidisciplinary management, including enhanced laboratory diagnosis of atypical bony lesions in infants and children, is recommended for any suspected TB infection.Once BCGrelated infection is confirmed, medical treatment has to be consistent.
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    Yellow Fever Virus Infectivity for Bolivian<i>Aedes aegypti</i>Mosquitoes
    (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004) John-Paul Mutebi; Alberto Gianella; Amélia Travassos da Rosa; Robert B. Tesh; Alan D.T. Barrett; Stephen Higgs
    The absence of urban yellow fever virus (YFV) in Bolivian cities has been attributed to the lack of competent urban mosquito vectors. Experiments with Aedes aegypti from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, demonstrated infection (100%), dissemination (20%), and transmission of a Bolivian YFV strain (CENETROP-322).