Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

Climate change has already impacted the transmission of a wide range of vector-borne
diseases in Europe, and it will continue to do so in the coming decades. Climate change has …

Background Analysing trends and levels of the burden of disease at the national level can
mask inequalities in health-related progress in lower administrative units such as provinces …

Forecasting the impacts of climate change on Aedes-borne viruses—especially dengue,
chikungunya, and Zika—is a key component of public health preparedness. We apply an …

The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases—including dengue, yellow
fever, chikungunya and Zika—is expanding in concert with changes in the distribution of two …

Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by haematophagous arthropods (for example,
mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies) to humans and wild and domestic animals, with the largest …

Human pathogens that are transmitted by insects are a global problem, particularly those
vectored by mosquitoes; for example, malaria parasites transmitted by Anopheles species …

Bacillus anthracis is a spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium responsible for anthrax, an
acute infection that most significantly affects grazing livestock and wild ungulates, but also …

Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an Aedes mosquito-borne virus that has caused
large epidemics linked to acute, chronic, and severe clinical outcomes. Currently, Brazil has …

The Zika crisis drew attention to the long-overlooked problem of arboviruses transmitted by
Aedes mosquitoes in Africa. Yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and Zika are poorly …