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Robert B. Tesh
Researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch
Publications - 62
Citations - 5329
Robert B. Tesh is an academic researcher from University of Texas Medical Branch. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Transovarial transmission. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 62 publications receiving 4644 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert B. Tesh include National Institutes of Health & University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Leishmaniases of the New World: current concepts and implications for future research.
Gabriel Grimaldi,Robert B. Tesh +1 more
TL;DR: This article reviews current concepts of the clinical forms, immunology, pathology, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment of the disease as well as aspects of its epidemiology and control and makes recommendations for future research on the disease.
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Consensus statement: Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics
Peter Simmonds,Michael J. Adams,Mária Benkő,Mya Breitbart,J. Rodney Brister,Eric B. Carstens,Andrew J. Davison,Eric Delwart,Eric Delwart,Alexander E. Gorbalenya,Alexander E. Gorbalenya,Balázs Harrach,Roger Hull,Andrew M. Q. King,Eugene V. Koonin,Mart Krupovic,Jens H. Kuhn,Elliot J. Lefkowitz,Max L. Nibert,Richard J. Orton,Marilyn J. Roossinck,Sead Sabanadzovic,Matthew B. Sullivan,Curtis A. Suttle,Curtis A. Suttle,Robert B. Tesh,René van der Vlugt,Arvind Varsani,F. Murilo Zerbini +28 more
TL;DR: The rationale for why metagenomic sequence data should, and how it can, be incorporated into the ICTV taxonomy is considered, and present proposals that have been endorsed by the Executive Committee of the ITV.
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Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil
Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes,Nuno R. Faria,Janaina Mota de Vasconcelos,Nick Golding,Moritz U. G. Kraemer,Layanna Freitas de Oliveira,Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo,Daisy Elaine Andrade da Silva,Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva,Sandro Patroca da Silva,Valéria Lima Carvalho,Giovanini E. Coelho,Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz,Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues,João L.S.G. Vianez,Bruno Tardelli Diniz Nunes,Jedson Ferreira Cardoso,Robert B. Tesh,Simon I. Hay,Simon I. Hay,Oliver G. Pybus,Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos,Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos +22 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that, if Chikungunya virus becomes established in Brazil, transmission could occur in 94% of municipalities in the country and maps of the risk of importation of each strain of CHIKV in Brazil are provided.
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The emergence of arthropod-borne viral diseases: A global prospective on dengue, chikungunya and zika fevers.
TL;DR: The focus of this review will be on dengue, zika and chikungunya viruses, particularly because these viruses are currently causing a negative impact on public health and economic damage around the world.
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Transovarial transmission of dengue viruses by mosquitoes: Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti
TL;DR: The findings support the view that Ae.