There is growing interest in emerging viruses that can cause serious or lethal disease in
humans and animals. The proliferation of cloacal virome studies, mainly focused on poultry …

Flaviviruses comprise a genus of enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses
typically transmitted between susceptible and permissive hosts by arthropod vectors …

Emerging and endemic mosquito‐borne viruses can be difficult to detect and monitor
because they often cause asymptomatic infections in human or vertebrate animals or cause …

West Nile virus (WNV) transmission rate is shaped by the interaction between virus
reservoirs and vectors, which may be maximized in farm environments. Based on this …

A barn owl (Tyto alba) died with neurological signs compatible with a viral infection. After
discarding other possible infections caused by circulating viruses in the area, analysis of the …

Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging zoonotic arbovirus that has caused an increasing
number of animal and human cases in Europe in recent years. Understanding the vector …

The invasion of vector-borne diseases depends on the type of specific features of the vector
and hosts at play. Within the Culex pipiens complex, differences in ecology, biology, and …

Avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites can negatively impact fitness in many
songbirds. Research on the malaria infection and its physiological costs on their avian hosts …

Background Vector-borne diseases like West Nile virus (WNV) pose a global health
challenge, with rising incidence and distribution. Culex mosquitoes are crucial WNV vectors …

Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic virus and one of the causes of flavivirus
encephalitis in birds and occasionally in humans. USUV rapidly disperses in a susceptible …