Mosquito-borne diseases, such as dengue and malaria, pose significant global health
burdens. Unfortunately, current control methods based on insecticides and environmental …

Background Dengue is an arboviral disease caused by dengue virus. Symptomatic dengue
infection causes a wide range of clinical manifestations, from mild dengue fever (DF) to …

Dengue has enormous health impacts globally. A novel approach to decrease dengue
incidence involves the introduction of Wolbachia endosymbionts that block dengue virus …

Aedes mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, are
becoming major global health emergencies while old threats, such as yellow fever, are re …

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) have a long history of emerging to infect humans, but
during recent decades, they have been spreading more widely and affecting larger …

OBJETIVO: descrever as principais estratégias de controle do Aedes aegypti, com ênfase
nas inovações tecnológicas promissoras para utilização no Brasil. MÉTODOS: trata-se de …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is causing an explosive outbreak of febrile disease in the Americas. There
are no effective antiviral therapies or licensed vaccines for this virus and mosquito control …

The Zika virus (ZIKV), first discovered in 1947, has emerged as a global public health threat
over the last decade, with the accelerated geographic spread of the virus noted during the …

Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic Alphaproteobacteria that can suppress insect-borne
diseases through decreasing host virus transmission (population replacement) or through …

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria are currently being released for
arbovirus suppression around the world. Their potential to invade populations and persist …