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Feb 22, 2012
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Dengue Virus Joins Carnival Celebrations?

By David Scales
Late last week, Brazil’s health minister Alexandre Padilha warned of an impending dengue epidemic, due to the discovery of type 4 dengue virus in Rio de Janeiro. This warning came at the same time...
Dengue, Brazil, Carnival
Mar 9, 2011
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Rio de Janeiro: Carnival 2011

By Laura Pinheiro
  The much-anticipated Carnival in Brazil comes to an end today, March 8th, better known in the United States as “Fat Tuesday”.  After four days of wild celebration, partygoers prepare themselves...
Brazil, AIDS, HIV, Carnival