Climate change could shift disease burden from malaria to arboviruses in Africa

EA Mordecai, SJ Ryan, JM Caldwell… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Malaria is a long-standing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, whereas arthropod-
borne viruses (arboviruses) such as dengue and chikungunya cause an under-recognised …

Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

EA Mordecai, JM Caldwell, MK Grossman… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of
these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly to temperature …

Genomics and epidemiology of the P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

NR Faria, TA Mellan, C Whittaker, IM Claro… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in
Manaus, Brazil, resurged in late 2020 despite previously high levels of infection. Genome …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

MUG Kraemer, ME Sinka, KA Duda, AQN Mylne… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models

EA Mordecai, JM Cohen, MV Evans… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Recent epidemics of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya have heightened the need to
understand the seasonal and geographic range of transmission by Aedes aegypti and Ae …

Mapping the global potential distributions of two arboviral vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus under changing climate

M Kamal, MA Kenawy, MH Rady, AS Khaled… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the primary vectors that transmit several
arboviral diseases, including dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. The world is presently …

[HTML][HTML] Global expansion of chikungunya virus: mapping the 64-year history

B Wahid, A Ali, S Rafique, M Idrees - International Journal of Infectious …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that is emerging as a
global threat because of the highly debilitating nature of the associated disease and …

Spread of Zika virus in the Americas

Q Zhang, K Sun, M Chinazzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
We use a data-driven global stochastic epidemic model to analyze the spread of the Zika
virus (ZIKV) in the Americas. The model has high spatial and temporal resolution and …

Humidity–The overlooked variable in the thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

JJ Brown, M Pascual, MC Wimberly… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vector‐borne diseases cause significant financial and human loss, with billions of dollars
spent on control. Arthropod vectors experience a complex suite of environmental factors that …