Highlights•Climate Change places food security at risk, particularly in the developing
world.•Climates zones are predicted to shift poleward, altering the distribution of highly …

West Nile virus (WNV) is a flavivirus transmitted between certain species of birds and
mosquito vectors. Tangential infections of equids and subsequent equine epizootics have …

We document significant worldwide weather anomalies that affected agriculture and vector-
borne disease outbreaks during the 2010–2012 period. We utilized 2000–2012 vegetation …

The epidemic emergence of relatively rare and geographically isolated flaviviruses adds to
the ongoing disease burden of viruses such as dengue. Structural analysis is key to …

Neurological disorders represent an important sanitary and economic threat for the equine
industry worldwide. Among nervous diseases, viral encephalitis is of growing concern, due …

Flaviruses (FV) are RNA viruses carried by mosquitoes. Neurological signs including acute
encephalitis, meningitis and acute flaccid paralysis develop in a small percentage of …

Background Imaging is a key tool for the diagnosis of acute encephalitis. Brain CT scan must
be urgently performed to rule out a brain lesion with mass effect that would contraindicate …

Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) is the most serious of the endemic arboviruses in
Australia. It was responsible for six known large outbreaks of encephalitis in south-eastern …

Many arboviruses, including viruses of the Flavivirus genus, are known to cause severe
neurological disease in humans, often with long-lasting, debilitating sequalae in surviving …

Abstract Purpose of Review Recent changes in Japanese encephalitis (JE) distribution,
including its emergence in mainland Australia, call for a review of the epidemiology …