Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases

WM de Souza, SC Weaver - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by haematophagous arthropods (for example,
mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies) to humans and wild and domestic animals, with the largest …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of Yellow Fever Transmission: Gleaning the Overlooked Records of Importance and Identifying Problems, Puzzles, Serious Issues, Surprises and …

G Kuno - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
In viral disease research, few diseases can compete with yellow fever for the volume of
literature, historical significance, richness of the topics and the amount of strong interest …

[HTML][HTML] Biology and Behaviour of Aedes aegypti in the Human Environment: Opportunities for Vector Control of Arbovirus Transmission

L Facchinelli, A Badolo, PJ McCall - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aedes aegypti is a ubiquitous vector of arboviruses mostly in urbanised areas throughout
the tropics and subtropics and a growing threat beyond. Control of Ae. aegypti is difficult and …

Arbovirus surveillance in mosquitoes: Historical methods, emerging technologies, and challenges ahead

LJ Maia, CH Oliveira, AB Silva… - Experimental …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Arboviruses cause millions of infections each year; however, only limited options are
available for treatment and pharmacological prevention. Mosquitoes are among the most …

The Risk of Virus Emergence in South America: A Subtle Balance Between Increasingly Favorable Conditions and a Protective Environment

B de Thoisy, T Gräf, DS Mansur… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
South American ecosystems host astonishing biodiversity, with potentially great richness in
viruses. However, these ecosystems have not yet been the source of any widespread …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomic Analysis of Viromes of Aedes Mosquitoes across India

A Gangopadhayya, K Lole, O Ghuge, A Ramdasi… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Metagenomic analysis of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes from diverse
geographical regions of India revealed the presence of several insect viruses of human …

[HTML][HTML] Demographic history and the efficacy of selection in the globally invasive mosquito Aedes aegypti

TV Kent, DR Schrider, DR Matute - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aedes aegypti is the main vector species of yellow fever, dengue, zika and chikungunya.
The species is originally from Africa but has experienced a spectacular expansion in its …

Robustness in population-structure and demographic-inference results derived from the Aedes aegypti genotyping chip and whole-genome sequencing data

A Gómez-Palacio, G Morinaga… - G3 Genes| Genomes …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of many human arboviruses such as
dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika, which affect millions of people worldwide …

Host preference patterns in domestic and wild settings: Insights into Anopheles feeding behavior

L Bouafou, BK Makanga, N Rahola… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The adaptation of Anopheles malaria vectors to domestic settings is directly linked to their
ability to feed on humans. The strength of this species–habitat association is unequal across …

[HTML][HTML] Humidity and temperature preference in two Neotropical species of sand flies

R Vivero-Gomez, D Duque-Granda, JA Rader… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Arthropods vector a multitude of human disease-causing organisms, and their
geographic ranges are shifting rapidly in response to changing climatic conditions. This is, in …