Urban climate versus global climate change—what makes the difference for dengue?

R Misslin, O Telle, E Daudé, A Vaguet… - Annals of the New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The expansion in the geographical distribution of vector‐borne diseases is a much
emphasized consequence of climate change, as are the consequences of urbanization for …

Transfusion-transmitted dengue and associated clinical symptoms during the 2012 epidemic in Brazil

EC Sabino, P Loureiro, ME Lopes… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. A linked donor-recipient study was conducted during epidemics in 2 cities in
Brazil to investigate transfusion-transmitted (TT) dengue virus (DENV) by DENV RNA …

Morphometric wing characters as a tool for mosquito identification

ABB Wilke, RO Christe, LC Multini, PO Vidal… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of important infectious diseases, causing
millions of deaths every year and endangering approximately 3 billion people around the …

A spatial model of socioeconomic and environmental determinants of dengue fever in Cali, Colombia

E Delmelle, M Hagenlocher, S Kienberger, I Casas - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
Dengue fever has gradually re-emerged across the global South, particularly affecting urban
areas of the tropics and sub-tropics. The dynamics of dengue fever transmission are …

An in-silico investigation of phytochemicals as antiviral agents against dengue fever

CN Powers, WN Setzer - Combinatorial chemistry & high …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
A virtual screening analysis of our library of phytochemical structures with dengue virus
protein targets has been carried out using a molecular docking approach. A total of 2194 …

The spread of dengue in an endemic urban milieu–the case of Delhi, India

O Telle, A Vaguet, NK Yadav, B Lefebvre, E Daudé… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue is a major international public health concern, one of the most
important arthropod-borne diseases. More than 3.5 billion people are at risk of dengue …

Duration of dengue viremia in blood donors and relationships between donor viremia, infection incidence and clinical case reports during a large epidemic

MP Busch, EC Sabino, D Brambilla… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background. Dengue viruses (DENV-1–4) pose a transfusion-transmission risk.
This study estimated the dengue RNA detection period in asymptomatic blood donors and …

An epidemiological study of dengue in Delhi, India

K Vikram, BN Nagpal, V Pande, A Srivastava… - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
Delhi, the capital of India, is an important metropolitan hub for major financial and
sociocultural exchanges, offering challenging threats to current public health infrastructure …

Climate forcing and infectious disease transmission in urban landscapes: integrating demographic and socioeconomic heterogeneity

M Santos‐Vega, PP Martinez… - Annals of the New York …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization and climate change are the two major environmental challenges of the 21st
century. The dramatic expansion of cities around the world creates new conditions for the …

[HTML][HTML] On the dynamics of a class of multi-group models for vector-borne diseases

A Iggidr, G Sallet, MO Souza - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The resurgence of vector-borne diseases is an increasing public health concern, and there
is a need for a better understanding of their dynamics. For a number of diseases, eg dengue …