Use of ProMED as a Surveillance System for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Brazil from 2015 to 2020
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rocha, D.C.; Santos Louro, L.; Ewald Oliveira, H.; Cancian de Araujo, B.; Ryu, S.; Vicente, C.R. Use of ProMED as a Surveillance System for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Brazil from 2015 to 2020. Viruses 2025, 17, 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17010093
Rocha DC, Santos Louro L, Ewald Oliveira H, Cancian de Araujo B, Ryu S, Vicente CR. Use of ProMED as a Surveillance System for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Brazil from 2015 to 2020. Viruses. 2025; 17(1):93. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17010093
Chicago/Turabian StyleRocha, Davi Carreiro, Luana Santos Louro, Hosana Ewald Oliveira, Bruno Cancian de Araujo, Sukhyun Ryu, and Creuza Rachel Vicente. 2025. "Use of ProMED as a Surveillance System for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Brazil from 2015 to 2020" Viruses 17, no. 1: 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17010093
APA StyleRocha, D. C., Santos Louro, L., Ewald Oliveira, H., Cancian de Araujo, B., Ryu, S., & Vicente, C. R. (2025). Use of ProMED as a Surveillance System for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Brazil from 2015 to 2020. Viruses, 17(1), 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17010093