Infectious diseases prevention and vaccination in migrants in Latin America: The challenges of transit through the treacherous Darien gap, Panama

Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales; María Camila Puerta-Arias; Rola Husni; Juan J. Montenegro-Idrogo; Juan Pablo Escalera-Antezana; Lucia E. Alvarado-Arnez; D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana; German Camacho-Moreno; Henry Mendoza; Ivan Arturo Rodriguez-Sabogal; Jose Millán-Oñate; Gustavo Lopardo; Octavio A. Arce; Sergio Cimerman; Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves; Tomas Orduna; Susana Lloveras; Maritza Cabrera; Monica Thormann; Yasemin Özsürekçi; Clevy Pérez-Sánchez; Nancy Sandoval; Lysien Zambrano; Carlos A. Alvarez-Moreno; Enrique Chacon-Cruz; Wilmer E. Villamil-Gomez; Kovy Arteaga-Livias; Eduardo Savio-Larriera; Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina; Alejandro Risquez; David A. Forero-Peña; Krisell Contreras; Ranjit Sah; Darwin A. León-Figueroa; Jaime David Acosta-España; Leandro Sierra; Darío Sebastián López-Delgado; Marco A. Solarte-Portilla; Angel A. Escobedo; Shafiul Haque; Fatma A. Amer; Hakan Leblebicioglu; Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez; Eden Galan-Rodas; Wasin Matsee; Marisa Liliana Fernandez; Sofia Echazarreta; Baltica Cabieses; Carlos Espinal; Jose Brea; Juan Carlos Navarro; Virgilio Gaston Lezcano; Marielys Otero-Maldonado; Rene Echevarría-Cofiño; Baruch Diaz; Pasesa Pascuala Quispe-Torrez; Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami; Maria L. Avila-Aguero; Roberto Debbag; Maria Eugenia Guevara; Yenddy Carrero; Carlos N. Torres-Martinez; Francisco Javier Membrillo; Jose A. Suarez

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102839

Infectious diseases prevention and vaccination in migrants in Latin America: The challenges of transit through the treacherous Darien gap, Panama

Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
, María Camila Puerta-Arias
, Rola Husni
, Juan J. Montenegro-Idrogo
, Juan Pablo Escalera-Antezana
, Lucia E. Alvarado-Arnez
, D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana
, German Camacho-Moreno
, Henry Mendoza
, Ivan Arturo Rodriguez-Sabogal
, Jose Millán-Oñate
, Gustavo Lopardo
, Octavio A. Arce
, Sergio Cimerman
, Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves
, Tomas Orduna
, Susana Lloveras
, Maritza Cabrera
, Monica Thormann
, Yasemin Özsürekçi

Clevy Pérez-Sánchez, Nancy Sandoval, Lysien Zambrano, Carlos A. Alvarez-Moreno, Enrique Chacon-Cruz, Wilmer E. Villamil-Gomez, Kovy Arteaga-Livias, Eduardo Savio-Larriera, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Alejandro Risquez, David A. Forero-Peña, Krisell Contreras, Ranjit Sah, Darwin A. León-Figueroa, Jaime David Acosta-España, Leandro Sierra, Darío Sebastián López-Delgado, Marco A. Solarte-Portilla, Angel A. Escobedo, Shafiul Haque, Fatma A. Amer, Hakan Leblebicioglu, Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez, Eden Galan-Rodas, Wasin Matsee, Marisa Liliana Fernandez, Sofia Echazarreta, Baltica Cabieses, Carlos Espinal, Jose Brea, Juan Carlos Navarro, Virgilio Gaston Lezcano, Marielys Otero-Maldonado, Rene Echevarría-Cofiño, Baruch Diaz, Pasesa Pascuala Quispe-Torrez, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Maria L. Avila-Aguero, Roberto Debbag, Maria Eugenia Guevara, Yenddy Carrero, Carlos N. Torres-Martinez, Francisco Javier Membrillo, Jose A. Suarez

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Original language	American English
Article number	102839
Journal	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume	65
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102839
State	Indexed - 1 May 2025
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Colombia
Humanitarian crisis
Latin America
Migration
Panama
Vaccination
Venezuela

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Rodriguez-Morales, A. J., Puerta-Arias, M. C., Husni, R., Montenegro-Idrogo, J. J., Escalera-Antezana, J. P., Alvarado-Arnez, L. E., Bonilla-Aldana, D. K., Camacho-Moreno, G., Mendoza, H., Rodriguez-Sabogal, I. A., Millán-Oñate, J., Lopardo, G., Arce, O. A., Cimerman, S., Chaves, T. D. S. S., Orduna, T., Lloveras, S., Cabrera, M., Thormann, M., ... Suarez, J. A. (2025). Infectious diseases prevention and vaccination in migrants in Latin America: The challenges of transit through the treacherous Darien gap, Panama. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 65, Article 102839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102839

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