Publications
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| entomopathogenic fungi and their potential for the management of aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) in the americas. | classical biological control has been used extensively for the management of exotic weeds and agricultural pests, but never for alien insect vectors of medical importance. this simple but elegant control strategy involves the introduction of coevolved natural enemies from the centre of origin of the target alien species. aedes aegypti - the primary vector of the dengue, yellow fever and zika flaviviruses - is just such an invasive alien in the americas where it arrived accidentally from its west ... | 2018 | 29412361 |
| the influence of a light and dark cycle on the egg laying activity of aedes aegypti (linnaeus, 1762) (diptera: culicidae). | the epidemiological importance of the mosquito aedes aegypti as a vector of multiple human pathogens has generated a growing number of studies on the physiology and behaviour of its blood-feeding females. the activity of oviposition is one of the critical elements contributing to the expansion of ae. aegypti's populations. although there is a vast literature about oviposition behaviour, significant specific knowledge about egg viability and female fertility under light and dark conditions is sti ... | 2018 | 29412343 |
| clinical and epidemiological teaching of dengue through simulated practice. | to describe the experience of clinical teaching on dengue and the practice of epidemiological surveillance using problematization methodology. | 2018 | 29412306 |
| [eradication of aedes aegypti: new perspectives on international health cooperation in the americas]. | 2018 | 29412266 | |
| zika and aedes aegypti: new and old challenges. | infection with the zika virus had a great impact not only on pregnant women and newborns, but also on public health, on popular ideas about aedes aegypti and with respect to women's social rights. the objective of this paper is to identify this impact and the historical, social and health changes of the disease and the legacy of the zika virus. interventions by researchers from different specialties foster conditions for more comprehensive investigations into future epidemic threats in brazil an ... | 2018 | 29412263 |
| using maldi-tof ms to identify mosquitoes collected in mali and their blood meals. | matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms) has been recently described as an innovative and effective tool for identifying arthropods and mosquito blood meal sources. to test this approach in the context of an entomological survey in the field, mosquitoes were collected from five ecologically distinct areas of mali. we successfully analysed the blood meals from 651 mosquito abdomens crushed on whatman filter paper (wfps) in the field using maldi-t ... | 2018 | 29409547 |
| aedes aegypti antiviral adaptive response against denv-2. | priming is the conceptual term defining memory phenomenon in innate immune response. numerous examples of enhanced secondary immune response have been described in diverse taxa of invertebrates; which naturally lacks memory response. in mosquitoes, a previous non-lethal challenge with some specific pathogens modify their immune response against the same microorganism; developing an improved antimicrobial reaction. in this work, we explore the ability of aedes aegypti to mount a higher antiviral ... | 2018 | 29408269 |
| context-dependent interactive effects of non-lethal predation on larvae impact adult longevity and body composition. | predation impacts development, behavior and morphology of prey species thereby shaping their abundances, distribution and community structure. non-lethal threat of predation, specifically, can have a strong influence on prey lifehistory characteristics. while investigations often focus on the impact of predation threat on prey in isolation, tests of its interactive effects with food availability and resource competition on prey survival and fitness can improve understanding of costs, benefits an ... | 2018 | 29401513 |
| zika virus mb16-23 in mosquitoes, miami-dade county, florida, usa, 2016. | we isolated a strain of zika virus, mb16-23, from aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected in miami beach, florida, usa, on september 2, 2016. phylogenetic analysis suggests that mb16-23 most likely originated from the caribbean region. | 2018 | 29400646 |
| existing and potential infection risk zones of yellow fever worldwide: a modelling analysis. | yellow fever cases are under-reported and the exact distribution of the disease is unknown. an effective vaccine is available but more information is needed about which populations within risk zones should be targeted to implement interventions. substantial outbreaks of yellow fever in angola, democratic republic of the congo, and brazil, coupled with the global expansion of the range of its main urban vector, aedes aegypti, suggest that yellow fever has the propensity to spread further internat ... | 2018 | 29398634 |
| mission accomplished? we need a guide to the 'post release' world of wolbachia for aedes-borne disease control. | historically, sustained control of aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and zika viruses, has been largely ineffective. subsequently, two novel 'rear and release' control strategies utilizing mosquitoes infected with wolbachia are currently being developed and deployed widely. in the incompatible insect technique, male aedes mosquitoes, infected with wolbachia, suppress populations through unproductive mating. in the transinfection strategy, both male and female wolbac ... | 2018 | 29396201 |
| modulation of host learning in aedes aegypti mosquitoes. | how mosquitoes determine which individuals to bite has important epidemiological consequences. this choice is not random; most mosquitoes specialize in one or a few vertebrate host species, and some individuals in a host population are preferred over others. mosquitoes will also blood feed from other hosts when their preferred is no longer abundant, but the mechanisms mediating these shifts between hosts, and preferences for certain individuals within a host species, remain unclear. here, we sho ... | 2018 | 29395917 |
| the spatial and temporal scales of local dengue virus transmission in natural settings: a retrospective analysis. | dengue is a vector-borne disease caused by the dengue virus (denv). despite the crucial role of aedes mosquitoes in denv transmission, pure vector indices poorly correlate with human infections. therefore there is great need for a better understanding of the spatial and temporal scales of denv transmission between mosquitoes and humans. here, we have systematically monitored the circulation of denv in individual aedes spp. mosquitoes and human patients from caratinga, a dengue endemic city in th ... | 2018 | 29394906 |
| molecular identification, transcript expression, and functional deorphanization of the adipokinetic hormone/corazonin-related peptide receptor in the disease vector, aedes aegypti. | the recently discovered adipokinetic hormone/corazonin-related peptide (acp) is an insect neuropeptide structurally intermediate between corazonin (crz) and adipokinetic (akh) hormones, which all demonstrate homology to the vertebrate gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh). to date, the function of the acp signaling system remains unclear. in the present study, we molecularly identified the complete open reading frame encoding the aedes aegypti acp receptor (acpr), which spans nine exons and unde ... | 2018 | 29391531 |
| natural vertical transmission of dengue virus in aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus: a systematic review. | dengue is of great concern in various parts of the world, especially in tropical and subtropical countries where the mosquito vectors aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus are present. the transmission of this virus to humans, by what is known as horizontal transmission, occurs through the bite of infected females of one or other of the two mosquito species. furthermore, an infected female or male parent, by what is known as vertical transmission, can transfer this arbovirus to some part of their o ... | 2018 | 29391071 |
| immune response-related genes associated to blocking midgut dengue virus infection in aedes aegypti strains that differ in susceptibility. | aedes (stegomyia) aegypti, the principal global vector of dengue viruses, has differences in its' susceptibility to dengue virus infection. we compared the global expression of genes in the midguts of colombian ae. aegypti dengue-susceptible (cali-s) and dengue-refractory (cali-mib) field derived strains after ingesting either a sugarmeal, a bloodmeal, or a bloodmeal containing dengue virus serotype 2 (denv-2). microarray-based transcriptome analysis among treatments indicated a total of 4725 tr ... | 2018 | 29389079 |
| aedes mosquitoes and aedes-borne arboviruses in africa: current and future threats. | the zika crisis drew attention to the long-overlooked problem of arboviruses transmitted byaedesmosquitoes in africa. yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and zika are poorly controlled in africa and often go unrecognized. however, to combat these diseases, both in africa and worldwide, it is crucial that this situation changes. here, we review available data on the distribution of each disease in africa, theiraedesvectors, transmission potential, and challenges and opportunities foraedescontrol. d ... | 2018 | 29382107 |
| meta-analysis of aedes aegypti expression datasets: comparing virus infection and blood-fed transcriptomes to identify markers of virus presence. | the mosquito aedes aegypti (l.) is vector of several arboviruses including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and more recently zika. previous transcriptomic studies have been performed to elucidate altered pathways in response to viral infection. however, the intrinsic coupling between alimentation and infection were unappreciated in these studies. feeding is required for the initial mosquito contact with the virus and these events are highly dependent. addressing this relationship, we reinterr ... | 2017 | 29376049 |
| mosquito vector-associated microbiota: metabarcoding bacteria and eukaryotic symbionts across habitat types in thailand endemic for dengue and other arthropod-borne diseases. | vector-borne diseases are a major health burden, yet factors affecting their spread are only partially understood. for example, microbial symbionts can impact mosquito reproduction, survival, and vectorial capacity, and hence affect disease transmission. nonetheless, current knowledge of mosquito-associated microbial communities is limited. to characterize the bacterial and eukaryotic microbial communities of multiple vector species collected from different habitat types in disease endemic areas ... | 2018 | 29375803 |
| [estimation of underreporting of chikungunya virus infection cases in girardot, colombia, from november, 2014, to may, 2015]. | chikungunya virus infection in colombia became epidemic in 2015. it is estimated that there is underreporting of cases to the public health surveillance system which can induce bias in epidemiological projections for decision making, a serious problem, as it veils the real magnitude and actual epidemiological importance of this disease. | 2017 | 29373771 |
| the wolbachia strain wau provides highly efficient virus transmission blocking in aedes aegypti. | introduced transinfections of the inherited bacteria wolbachia can inhibit transmission of viruses by aedes mosquitoes, and in ae. aegypti are now being deployed for dengue control in a number of countries. only three wolbachia strains from the large number that exist in nature have to date been introduced and characterized in this species. here novel ae. aegypti transinfections were generated using the walba and wau strains. in its native ae. albopictus, walba is maintained at lower density tha ... | 2018 | 29370307 |
| a small-scale investigation into the effect of a larvicidal oil on oviposition site preference by aedes aegypti. | larvicidal oils can be used to control immature aedes aegypti and other pestiferous mosquitoes. to test whether oil-based larvicides also act as oviposition deterrents, indoor and semi-field trials were conducted at the navy entomology center of excellence in jacksonville, fl. in both studies, treatment cages consisted of oviposition cups lined with seed germination paper as an oviposition substrate and filled with 1-wk-old southern live oak ( quercus virginiana) leaf litter-infused water. treat ... | 2017 | 29369032 |
| comparison of adult mosquito abundance from biogents-2 sentinel and biogents gravid aedes traps in northeastern florida. | we compared the efficacy of the biogents gravid aedes trap (bg-gat) and biogents-2 sentinel (bg2s) trap to assess differences in adult mosquito collection rates between these 2 mosquito surveillance methods in northeastern florida. species diversity of trap collections was significantly greater for bg2s than for bg-gat, with 14 mosquito species collected from the former trap and 4 species from the latter. aedes aegypti and culex quinquefasciatus were the 2 predominant species collected in both t ... | 2017 | 29369031 |
| bg-sentinel™ trap efficacy as a component of proof-of-concept for push-pull control strategy for dengue vector mosquitoes. | the efficacy of the bg-sentinel™ (bgs) trap as a "pull" component of a "push-pull" system (pps) for management of the dengue vector, aedes aegypti, was evaluated using local households in pu tuey, kanchanaburi, thailand. the pull component was the concluding phase of a 3-part investigation using a pps combination spatial repellent (sr) and bgs trap to capture adult vector mosquitoes. two sentinel households were selected for evaluation of bgs trap efficacy based on the highest pretrial indoor re ... | 2017 | 29369029 |
| laboratory evaluation of synthetic blends of l-(+)-lactic acid, ammonia, and ketones as potential attractants for aedes aegypti. | attraction of aedes aegypti to various binary, trinary, and quaternary blends of lactic acid and ketones with or without ammonia was studied using a dual choice olfactometer. a dose dependent attraction was observed in cases of single compounds where cyclopentanone attracted the highest percentage (36.9 ± 1.8%) of ae. aegypti when tested alone. no significant difference was observed between the attraction levels of trinary and binary blends of lactic acid and acetone or butanone when tested agai ... | 2017 | 29369028 |
| relative insecticidal efficacy of three spatial repellent integrated light sources against aedes aegypti. | three repellent products, off! mosquito lamp, insecticandel, and rescue decoshield, were comparatively evaluated against aedes aegypti in 130-m2 enclosed areas with a 317-m3 air volume. the results showed that the off! mosquito lamp with metofluthrin had a greater effect than the insecticandel with transfluthrin, which had greater effect than the decoshield with lemongrass oil and several other plant oils against ae. aegypti. the off! mosquito lamp was the only product to exceed 50% mortality. a ... | 2017 | 29369020 |
| multifaceted functional implications of an endogenously expressed trna fragment in the vector mosquito aedes aegypti. | the mosquito aedes aegypti is the primary vector of human arboviral diseases caused by dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses. many studies have shown the potential roles of small rna molecules such as microrna, small interfering rna and piwi-interacting rna in vector mosquitoes. the function of trna fragments (trf), the newly discovered class of small rnas, in mosquitoes is not known. in this study, we show that specific trfs are expressed in significantly differential manner between males and fe ... | 2018 | 29364883 |
| larvicidal activity against aedes aegypti and chemical characterization of the inflorescences of tagetes patula. | the crude acetone extract (cae) of defatted inflorescences of tagetes patula was partitioned into five semipurified fractions: n-hexane (hf), dichloromethane (df), ethyl acetate (eaf), n-butanol (bf), and aqueous (aqf). bf was fractionated by reversed-phase polyamide column chromatography, obtaining 34 subfractions, which were subjected to hsccc, where patuletin and patulitrin were isolated. cae and the fractions bf, eaf, df, and aqf were analyzed by lc-dad-ms, and patuletin and patulitrin were ... | 2017 | 29362590 |
| [dengue, zika, chikungunya and the development of vaccines]. | dengue (denv), zika (zikv) and chikungunya (chikv), three arbovirosis transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, have spread in recent decades in humid tropical and subtropical zones. dengue is epidemic in subtropical areas of argentina. denv infection confers lasting immunity against the infecting serotype but increases the risk of serious disease upon reinfection by any of the other three. the recombinant tetravalent vaccine dengvaxia® prevents severe dengue and hospitalization in seropositive subjects. ... | 2018 | 29360072 |
| cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase gene expression regulates larval development in bactrocera dorsalis (hendel). | in insects, glutamine synthetase (gs), a key enzyme in the synthesis of glutamine, has been reported to be associated with embryonic development, heat shock response, and fecundity regulation. however, little is known about the influence of gs on postembryonic development. in this study, we demonstrate that blocking the activity of gs in the oriental fruit fly (bactrocera dorsalis) with use of a gs-specific inhibitor (l-methionine s-sulfoximine), led to a significant delay in larval development, ... | 2018 | 29359358 |
| persistence of toxic activity of fermentation extracts from bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis after more than three decades of storage. | this study was carried out to determine the persistence of toxicity of fermentation extracts of bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis after more than three decades of storage. for this purpose, a population of aedes aegypti was established. the mortality rate of 20 spore-crystal extracts purified using the acetone-lactose coprecipitation method was measured and evaluated by bioassays according to a modified who protocol. the extracts with the highest mortality rate were determined in triplicat ... | 2017 | 29358951 |
| fine-scale landscape genomics helps explain the slow spatial spread of wolbachia through the aedes aegypti population in cairns, australia. | the endosymbiotic bacterium wolbachia suppresses the capacity for arbovirus transmission in the mosquito aedes aegypti, and can spread spatially through wild mosquito populations following local introductions. recent introductions in cairns, australia have demonstrated slower than expected spatial spread. potential reasons for this include: (i) barriers to ae. aegypti dispersal; (ii) higher incidence of long-range dispersal; and (iii) intergenerational loss of wolbachia. we investigated these th ... | 2018 | 29358725 |
| current concerns and perspectives on zika virus co-infection with arboviruses and hiv. | dissemination of vector-borne viruses, such as zika virus (zikv), in tropical and sub-tropical regions has a complicated impact on the immunopathogenesis of other endemic viruses such as dengue virus (denv), chikungunya virus (chikv) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). the consequences of the possible co-infections with these viruses have specifically shown significant impact on the treatment and vaccination strategies. zikv is a mosquito-borne flavivirus from african and asian lineages that ... | 2018 | 29352633 |
| aerial ulv control of aedes aegypti with naled (dibrom) inside simulated rural village and urban cryptic habitats. | we conducted aerial fixed wing ultra low volume (ulv) spray trials with naled to investigate penetration of exposed and simulated cryptic habitat within opened buildings, partially sealed buildings, and outdoor locations targeting sentinel adult aedes aegypti mosquitoes in north central florida. mortality was observed in open and closed buildings and outdoors, even in mosquitoes placed in cryptic habitats. observations on the impact of building type, mosquito exposure method such as placement in ... | 2018 | 29352307 |
| reduction in musca domestica fecundity by dsrna-mediated gene knockdown. | house flies (musca domestica) are worldwide agricultural pests with estimated control costs at $375 million annually in the u.s. non-target effects and widespread resistance challenge the efficacy of traditional chemical control. double stranded rna (dsrna) has been suggested as a biopesticide for m. domestica but a phenotypic response due to the induction of the rnai pathway has not been demonstrated in adults. in this study female house flies were injected with dsrna targeting actin-5c or ribo ... | 2018 | 29342168 |
| zika virus in salivary glands of five different species of wild-caught mosquitoes from mexico. | zika virus (zikv) is a mosquito-borne pathogen, and aedes aegypti has been identified as the main vector of the disease. other mosquito species in the aedes and culex genera have been suggested to have the potential for being competent vectors based on experimental exposition of mosquitoes to an infectious blood meal containing zikv. here, we report the isolation in cell culture of zikv obtained from different body parts of wild-caught female mosquitoes (ae. aegypti, ae. vexans, cx. quinquefasci ... | 2018 | 29339746 |
| wolbachia-induced transcription factor gata4 suppresses ovary-specific genes blastoderm-specific protein 25d and imaginal disc growth factor. | the endosymbiotic bacterium wolbachia infects a wide array of insect hosts and has been implicated in a range of biological modifications as a consequence of its infection. previously, it was shown that the transcription factor gata4 was significantly induced in wolbachia wmelpop-cla strain infected aedes aegypti whole mosquitoes and cells. here, we provide evidence that this induction also occurs in mosquito ovaries where the ovary-specific genes blastoderm-specific protein 25d (bsg25d) and ima ... | 2018 | 29336504 |
| vibrational properties of bulk boric acid 2a and 3t polymorphs and their two-dimensional layers: measurements and density functional theory calculations. | boric acid (h3bo3) is being used effectively nowadays in traps/baits for the management of aedes aegypti l. and aedes albopictus skuse species of mosquitoes, which are the main spreading vectors worldwide for diseases such as malaria, dengue, and zika. previously, we published results on the structural, electronic, and optical properties of its molecular triclinic h3bo3-2a and trigonal h3bo3-3t polymorphs within the framework of density functional theory (dft). because of the renewed importance ... | 2018 | 29328646 |
| genome sequence of a novel strain of a phasi charoen-like virus identified in zhanjiang, china. | here, we report the genome sequence of a novel strain of a phasi charoen-like virus, isolated from aedes aegypti mosquitoes caught in zhanjiang province of china. phylogenetic analysis suggested that this virus belongs to a new genus, goukovirus, in the family bunyaviridae this is the first reported genome sequence of a phasi charoen-like virus identified in china. | 2018 | 29326198 |
| the discovery of arthropod-specific viruses in hematophagous arthropods: an open door to understanding the mechanisms of arbovirus and arthropod evolution? | the discovery of an odd virus from hematophagous arthropods 40 years ago by stollar and thomas described cell fusing agent virus in cells derived from aedes aegypti mosquitoes. then came the report of kamiti river virus from ae. macintoshi in 1999, followed by worldwide reports of the discovery of other viruses of mosquitoes, ticks, and midges that replicate only in arthropods and not in vertebrates or in vertebrate cells. these viruses (now totaling at least 64 published) have genomes analogous ... | 2018 | 29324047 |
| citrus seed oils efficacy against larvae of aedes aegypti. | dengue fever is a serious public health issue in pakistan for many years. globally plants have been reported to contain compounds with insecticidal properties. these properties have been demonstrated more recently on the larval stages of mosquitoes. therefore, citrus cultivar seeds were evaluated for larvicidal potential against the primary dengue vector aedes aegypti. | 2017 | 29322059 |
| dengue hemorrhagic fever virus in saudi arabia: a review. | dengue fever is a global disease with a spectrum of clinical manifestation ranging from mild febrile disease to a severe disease in the form of dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. dengue virus is one viral hemorrhagic fever that exists in the kingdom of saudi arabia in addition to alkhurma (alkhurma) hemorrhagic fever, chikungunya virus, crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever, and rift valley fever. the disease is limited to the western and south-western regions of saudi arabia, where a ... | 2018 | 29319426 |
| qsar analysis of plant-derived compounds with larvicidal activity against zika aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) vector using freely available descriptors. | we develop a qsar model for predicting the larvicidal activity of 60 plant-derived molecules against aedes aegypti l. (diptera: culicidae), vector of several diseases such as, dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and zika virus. the balanced subsets method (bsm) based on k-means cluster analysis (k-mca) is employed to split the data set. the replacement method (rm) variable subset selection technique coupled with multivariable linear regression (mlr) proves to be successful for exploring 18,326 mol ... | 2018 | 29314584 |
| krüppel homologue 1 acts as a repressor and an activator in the transcriptional response to juvenile hormone in adult mosquitoes. | krüppel homologue 1 (kr-h1) is a zinc finger transcription factor that is upregulated in insects by juvenile hormone (jh) in metamorphosis and adult reproduction. the molecular function of kr-h1 in reproduction remains largely unknown. here we report that aakr-h1 functions as an important transcription regulator in adult female aedes aegypti mosquitoes. the amount of aakr-h1 protein increases with rising jh levels after adult emergence, reaches its peak at 48 h after eclosion, then decreases gra ... | 2018 | 29314423 |
| aristololactam derivatives from the fruits of aristolochia contorta bunge. | three new aristololactam derivatives, aristololactam w-y (1-3), and three known compounds (4-6) were isolated from the fruits of aristolochia contorta bunge. compounds 1 and 2 represent the first example of an n-ch2och3 aristololactam derivative from natural products. their structures were elucidated by 1d/2d nmr and hresims spectra. all of the isolated compounds were evaluated for their insecticidal activity against 4th instar larvae of aedes aegypti. compound 4 displayed insecticidal activity ... | 2018 | 29313366 |
| the genomes of four meyerozymacaribbica isolates and novel insights into the meyerozymaguilliermondii species complex. | yeasts of the meyerozyma guilliermondii species complex are widespread in nature and can be isolated from a variety of sources, from the environment to arthropods to hospital patients. to date, the species complex comprises the thoroughly studied and versatile m. guilliermondii, and the hard to distinguish m. caribbica, and candida carpophila here we report the whole-genome sequencing and de novo assembly of four m. caribbica isolates, identified with the most recent molecular techniques, derive ... | 2018 | 29311113 |
| critical low temperature for the survival of aedes aegypti in taiwan. | taiwan is geographically located in a region that spans both tropical and subtropical climates (22-25°n and 120-122°e). the taiwan centers for disease control have found that the ecological habitat of aedes aegypti appears only south of 23.5°n. low temperatures may contribute to this particular habitat distribution of ae. aegypti under the influence of the east asian winter monsoon. however, the threshold condition related to critically low temperatures remains unclear because of the lack of lar ... | 2018 | 29310716 |
| synergistic effect of fertilizer and plant material combinations on the development of aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) and anopheles gambiae (diptera: culicidae) mosquitoes. | chemical fertilizers are used everywhere, which often pollute the breeding sites of mosquitoes. in this laboratory study, the consequences on aedes aegypti (l.) (diptera: culicidae) and anopheles gambiae (giles) (diptera: culicidae) of water-containing plant matter (pm) alone, or in association with an npk type of fertilizer (pm+npk), were evaluated. to obtain a 20% imaginal emergence of an. gambiae (iet20), the bioassays carried out with pm have evidenced that its larvae need four times as much ... | 2017 | 29309617 |
| assessment of a trap based aedes aegypti surveillance program using mathematical modeling. | the goal of this study was to assess the goodness-of-fit of theoretical models of population dynamics of aedes aegypti to trap data collected by a long term entomological surveillance program. the carrying capacity k of this vector was estimated at city and neighborhood level. adult mosquito abundance was measured via adults collected weekly by a network of sticky traps (mosquitraps) from january 2008 to december 2011 in vitória, espírito santo, brazil. k was the only free parameter estimated by ... | 2018 | 29304070 |
| hypoxia-induced transcription factor signaling is essential for larval growth of the mosquito aedes aegypti. | gut microbes positively affect the physiology of many animals, but the molecular mechanisms underlying these benefits remain poorly understood. we recently reported that bacteria-induced gut hypoxia functions as a signal for growth and molting of the mosquito aedes aegypti in this study, we tested the hypothesis that transduction of a gut hypoxia signal requires hypoxia-induced transcription factors (hifs). expression studies showed that hif-α was stabilized in larvae containing bacteria that in ... | 2018 | 29298915 |
| group b wolbachia strain-dependent inhibition of arboviruses. | mosquito-borne viruses, including zika virus (zikv) and dengue virus (denv), are global threats that continue to infect millions annually. historically, efforts to combat the spread of these diseases have sought to eradicate the mosquito population. this has had limited success. recent efforts to combat the spread of these diseases have targeted the mosquito population and the mosquito's ability to transmit viruses by altering the mosquito's microbiome. the introduction of particular strains of ... | 2018 | 29297702 |
| zika virus infection modulates the bacterial diversity associated with aedes aegypti as revealed by metagenomic analysis. | zika is a re-emerging infection that has been considered a major threat to global public health. currently at least 100 countries are at risk of zika virus (zikv) transmission. aedes aegypti is the main mosquito vector in the americas. this vector is exposed to, and interacts symbiotically with a variety of microorganisms in its environment, which may result in the formation of a lifetime association. here, the unknown effect that zikv exerts on the dynamic bacterial community harbored by this m ... | 2018 | 29293631 |
| insecticide treated curtains and residual insecticide treatment to control aedes aegypti: an acceptability study in santiago de cuba. | within the context of a field trial conducted by the cuban vector control program (aacp), we assessed acceptability of insecticide-treated curtains (itcs) and residual insecticide treatment (rit) with deltamethrin by the community. we also assessed the potential influence of interviewees' risk perceptions for getting dengue and disease severity. | 2018 | 29293501 |
| n-substituted methyl maleamates as larvicidal compounds against aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae). | severe human arboviral diseases can be transmitted by the mosquito aedes aegypti (l.), including dengue, chikungunya, zika, and yellow fever. the use of larvicides in containers that can result as potential breeding places and cannot be eliminated is the main alternative in control programs. however, their continuous and widespread use caused an increase in insecticide-resistant populations of this mosquito. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of three n-substituted methyl maleamate ... | 2018 | 29290037 |
| dengue and yellow fever virus vectors: seasonal abundance, diversity and resting preferences in three kenyan cities. | the transmission patterns of dengue (denv) and yellow fever (yfv) viruses, especially in urban settings, are influenced by aedes (stegomyia) mosquito abundance and behavior. despite recurrent dengue outbreaks on the kenyan coast, these parameters remain poorly defined in this and other areas of contrasting dengue endemicity in kenya. in assessing the transmission risk of denv/yfv in three kenyan cities, we determined adult abundance and resting habits of potential aedes (stegomyia) vectors in ki ... | 2017 | 29284522 |
| genetically modified aedes aegypti to control dengue: a review. | dengue is an acute infectious disease of viral etiology characterized by lymphadenopathy, leucopenia, headache, biphasic fever, pain in various parts of the body, rashes, and extreme physical weakness. it is a vector-borne disease caused by a positive-stranded rna virus of the family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus. dengue inflicts a significant health, economic, and social burden on populations of endemic areas. dengue virus is transmitted to humans by the mosquito vector aedes aegypti. vaccines ... | 2017 | 29283327 |
| family level variation in wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking in aedes aegypti. | the mosquito vector aedes aegypti is responsible for transmitting a range of arboviruses including dengue (denv) and zika (zikv). the global reach of these viruses is increasing due to an expansion of the mosquito's geographic range and increasing urbanization and human travel. vector control remains the primary means for limiting these diseases. wolbachia pipientis is an endosymbiotic bacterium of insects that has the ability to block the replication of pathogens, including flaviviruses such as ... | 2017 | 29282144 |
| african and asian zika virus isolates display phenotypic differences both in vitro and in vivo. | zika virus (zikv) is a mosquito-borne member of the genus flavivirus that has emerged since 2007 to cause outbreaks in africa, asia, oceania, and most recently, in the americas. here, we used an isolate history as well as genetic and phylogenetic analyses to characterize three low-passage isolates representing african (ard 41525) and asian (cpc-0740, sv0127-14) lineages to investigate the potential phenotypic differences in vitro and in vivo. the african isolate displayed a large plaque phenotyp ... | 2017 | 29280428 |
| field- and clinically derived estimates of wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue virus transmission potential in aedes aegypti mosquitoes. | the wmel strain of wolbachia can reduce the permissiveness of aedes aegypti mosquitoes to disseminated arboviral infections. here, we report that wmel-infected ae. aegypti (ho chi minh city background), when directly blood-fed on 141 viremic dengue patients, have lower dengue virus (denv) transmission potential and have a longer extrinsic incubation period than their wild-type counterparts. the wmel-infected mosquitoes that are field-reared have even greater relative resistance to denv infection ... | 2018 | 29279375 |
| altitudinal distribution of aedes indices during dry season in the dengue endemic area of central java, indonesia | aedes mosquitoes, mainly aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus, are the primary and secondary vectors of dengue viruses in indonesia, with transmission occurring by sucking blood. the density of the vectors is influenced by season and rainfall, but limited by altitude. the aim of the study is to describe the density and distribution of dengue vectors during the dry season based on the altitudes of recent dengue cases in five regencies of central java province, indonesia. mosquito larvae and pupae w ... | 2017 | 29274215 |
| zika virus: an emerging infectious disease with serious perinatal and neurologic complications. | zika virus (zikv) is a flavivirus that is primarily transmitted by aedes aegypti, the mosquito vector also important in the transmission of the flaviviruses responsible for dengue fever, yellow fever and chikungunya. due to occurrence in the same geographic regions, serological cross-reactivity, and similar, albeit often less severe clinical manifestations as dengue and chikungunya infections, zikv infection likely went undetected and/or misdiagnosed for many years. zikv is somewhat unique among ... | 2017 | 29273403 |
| history and emergence of zika virus. | zika virus was discovered in east africa in 1947 by the rockefeller foundation during investigations on the ecology of yellow fever. although it was subsequently shown to have widespread distribution in africa and asia, it was not known to cause epidemics until 2007. this paper describes the history of the virus discovery, emergence and evolution as an epidemic virus, and the its evolving clinical spectrum. | 2017 | 29267917 |
| zika virus mosquito vectors: competence, biology, and vector control. | zika virus (zikv) (flaviviridae, flavivirus) has become one of the most medically important mosquito-borne viruses because of its ability to cause microcephaly in utero and guillain-barré syndrome in adults. this virus emerged from its sylvatic cycle in africa to cause an outbreak in yap, federated states of micronesia in 2007, french polynesia in 2014, and most recently south america in 2015. the rapid expansion of zikv in the americas largely has been due to the biology and behavior of its vec ... | 2017 | 29267910 |
| at the origin of a worldwide invasion: unraveling the genetic makeup of the caribbean bridgehead populations of the dengue vector aedes aegypti. | human-driven global environmental changes have considerably increased the risk of biological invasions, especially the spread of human parasites and their vectors. among exotic species that have major impacts on public health, the dengue fever mosquito aedes aegypti originating from africa has spread worldwide during the last three centuries. although considerable progress has been recently made in understanding the history of this invasion, the respective roles of human and abiotic factors in s ... | 2018 | 29267872 |
| chikungunya: molecular aspects, clinical outcomes and pathogenesis. | the alarming worldwide emergence of the chikungunya virus began in the last decade. since the first autochthonous transmission in mexico in november of 2014, the virus has spread throughout the country, resulted in multiple outbreaks. this virus produces an acute and self-limiting disease characterized by fever, polyarthralgia, myalgia, exanthema, and general malaise. it is transmitted to humans by the bite of aedes aegypti and a. albopictus mosquitoes. the fact that the clinical presentation is ... | 2017 | 29265115 |
| characteristics of aedes aegypti adult mosquitoes in rural and urban areas of western and coastal kenya. | aedes aegypti is the main vector for yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses. recent outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya have been reported in kenya. presence and abundance of this vector is associated with the risk for the occurrence and transmission of these diseases. this study aimed to characterize the presence and abundance of ae. aegypti adult mosquitoes from rural and urban sites in western and coastal regions of kenya. presence and abundance of ae. aegypti adult mosquitoes wer ... | 2017 | 29261766 |
| individual co-variation between viral rna load and gene expression reveals novel host factors during early dengue virus infection of the aedes aegypti midgut. | dengue virus (denv) causes more human infections than any other mosquito-borne virus. the current lack of antiviral strategies has prompted genome-wide screens for host genes that are required for denv infectivity. earlier transcriptomic studies that identified denv host factors in the primary vector aedes aegypti used inbred laboratory colonies and/or pools of mosquitoes that erase individual variation. here, we performed transcriptome sequencing on individual midguts in a field-derived ae. aeg ... | 2017 | 29261661 |
| assessment of maldi-tof mass spectrometry for filariae detection in aedes aegypti mosquitoes. | matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms) is an emerging tool for routine identification of bacteria, archaea and fungi. it has also been recently applied as an accurate approach for arthropod identification. preliminary studies have shown that the maldi-tof ms was able to differentiate whether ticks and mosquitoes were infected or not with some bacteria and plasmodium parasites, respectively. the aim of the present study was to test the efficien ... | 2017 | 29261659 |
| origin of a high-latitude population of aedes aegypti in washington, dc. | an overwintering population of aedes aegypti has been documented in the capitol hill neighborhood of washington, dc, since 2011. mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase i (mtcoi) sequence data presented in a previous study traced the origin to the new world. here, we use microsatellite and snp chip data along with more mitochondrial dna (mtdna) sequences on washington ae. aegypti samples and samples from potential sources to further narrow the origin of this population. genetically, washington ae. aegy ... | 2017 | 29260658 |
| from ground pools to treeholes: convergent evolution of habitat and phenotype in aedes mosquitoes. | invasive mosquito species are responsible for millions of vector-borne disease cases annually. the global invasive success of aedes mosquitoes such as aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus has relied on the human transport of immature stages in container habitats. however, despite the importance of these mosquitoes and this ecological specialization to their widespread dispersal, evolution of habitat specialization in this group has remained largely unstudied. we use comparative methods to evaluate ... | 2017 | 29258425 |
| zika virus exhibits lineage-specific phenotypes in cell culture, in aedes aegypti mosquitoes, and in an embryo model. | zika virus (zikv) has quietly circulated in africa and southeast asia for the past 65 years. however, the recent zikv epidemic in the americas propelled this mosquito-borne virus to the forefront of flavivirus research. based on historical evidence, zikv infections in africa were sporadic and caused mild symptoms such as fever, skin rash, and general malaise. in contrast, recent asian-lineage zikv infections in the pacific islands and the americas are linked to birth defects and neurological dis ... | 2017 | 29258204 |
| seasonal and spatial quantitative changes in aedes aegypti under distinctly different ecological areas of lahore, pakistan. | to find out the variations in larval and adult density of aedes aegypti in different seasons under different ecological conditions. | 2017 | 29256519 |
| social-ecological factors and preventive actions decrease the risk of dengue infection at the household-level: results from a prospective dengue surveillance study in machala, ecuador. | in ecuador, dengue virus (denv) infections transmitted by the aedes aegypti mosquito are among the greatest public health concerns in urban coastal communities. community- and household-level vector control is the principal means of controlling disease outbreaks. this study aimed to assess the impact of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kaps) and social-ecological factors on the presence or absence of denv infections in the household. | 2017 | 29253873 |
| an approach of the exact linearization techniques to analysis of population dynamics of the mosquito aedes aegypti. | dengue fever, chikungunya and zika are caused by different viruses and mainly transmitted by aedes aegypti mosquitoes. these diseases have received special attention of public health officials due to the large number of infected people in tropical and subtropical countries and the possible sequels that those diseases can cause. in severe cases, the infection can have devastating effects, affecting the central nervous system, muscles, brain and respiratory system, often resulting in death. vaccin ... | 2017 | 29253493 |
| aedes aegypti resistance development to commonly used insecticides in jakarta, indonesia. | aedes aegypti is the primary vector of various relevant arthropod-borne viral infectious diseases worldwide. the mosquito control is still mainly performed by using insecticides but their effectiveness is increasingly questioned nowadays. we here conducted a study on ae. aegypti resistance development towards several commonly used insecticides in the capital city of jakarta, indonesia. in order to achieve this goal, ae. aegypti eggs from jakarta were collected with ovitraps and hatched in the in ... | 2017 | 29253003 |
| larvicidal potential of juglans regia male flower against anopheles stephensi, aedes aegypti and culex quinquefasciatus. | the diseases vectored by mosquitoes continue to be a main cause of illnesses and death throughout the world. the methanol extract of juglans regia male flower was screened for larvicidal activity against three therapeutically important mosquito vectors viz., malarial vector, anopheles stephensi; dengue vector, aedes aegypti and the filarial vector, culex quinquefasciatus. the larvicidal activity was assayed against the early fourth-instar larvae of tested mosquito species at a concentration rang ... | 2017 | 29251995 |
| green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using holarrhena antidysenterica (l.) wall.bark extract and their larvicidal activity against dengue and filariasis vectors. | the present study was carried out to evaluate the larvicidal potential of methanol, hexane, acetone, chloroform, and aqueous bark extracts of holarrhena antidysenterica (l.) wall. and silver nanoparticles (agnps) synthesized using aqueous bark extract against the third instar larvae of aedes aegypti l. and culex quinquefasciatus say. agnps were prepared by adding 10 ml of aqueous bark extract in 90 ml of 1 mm silver nitrate (agno3) solution. after 5 min of mixing, a change in color from yellow t ... | 2018 | 29250727 |
| aedes aegypti microrna mir-2b regulates ubiquitin-related modifier to control chikungunya virus replication. | arboviruses that replicate in mosquitoes activate innate immune response within mosquitoes. regulatory non-coding micrornas (mirna) are known to be modulated in mosquitoes during chikungunya infection. however, information about targets of these mirnas is scant. the present study was aimed to identify and analyze targets of mirnas that are regulated during chikungunya virus (chikv) replication in aedes aegypti cells and in the mosquito. employing next-generation sequencing technologies, we ident ... | 2017 | 29247247 |
| zika virus can be venereally transmitted between aedes aegypti mosquitoes. | alternative transmission routes have been described for zika virus (zikv). here, we assessed for the first time the venereal transmission of zikv between aedes aegypti under laboratory conditions. | 2017 | 29246237 |
| the attractiveness of the gravid aedes trap to dengue vectors in fiji. | the gravid aedes trap (gat) is a passive trap that relies on visual and olfactory cues to lure and capture gravid mosquitoes. the gat was designed as a dengue vector surveillance tool for use in conditions where power sources are not readily available. experiments were conducted over a 10-d period in fiji to determine which species of mosquitoes the gat would collect, how different infusion types affect the attractiveness of the trap, how long each infusion type took to begin attracting mosquito ... | 2017 | 29244174 |
| nanotitania crystals induced efficient photocatalytic color degradation, antimicrobial and larvicidal activity. | textile industries release tonnes of harmful toxic dyes into the environment, causing severe effects on living organisms, including humans. mosquitoes vectors spread important diseases which cause millions of human deaths worldwide. to control mosquitoes a number of synthetic mosquitocidal agents have been employed but all these pesticides pose harmful effects to human health and non-target species and also led to resistance development in treated vectors. microbial strains are also developing r ... | 2018 | 29241121 |
| analytical report of the 2016 dengue outbreak in córdoba city, argentina. | after elimination of the aedes aegypti vector in south america in the 1960s, dengue outbreaks started to reoccur during the 1990s; strongly in argentina since 1998. in 2016, córdoba city had the largest dengue outbreak in its history. in this article we report this outbreak including spatio-temporal analysis of cases and vectors in the city. a total of 653 dengue cases were recorded by the laboratory-based dengue surveillance system and georeferenced by their residential addresses. case maps wer ... | 2017 | 29239555 |
| assessing natural infection with zika virus in the southern house mosquito, culex quinquefasciatus, during 2016 in puerto rico. | the epidemic of zika in the western hemisphere has led to intense investigations of all species important in the transmission of zika virus (zikv), including putative mosquito vectors. although evidence points to stegomyia (= aedes) (diptera: culicidae) mosquitoes as the primary vectors in nature among humans, there remains the possibility that other common mosquito species may be implicated in the rapid spread of the virus. herein, field-caught culex quinquefasciatus (diptera: culicidae) collec ... | 2017 | 29239003 |
| aedes aegypti breeding site in an underground rainwater reservoir: a warning. | we describe the discovery of aedes aegypti underground breeding site in the pinheiros neighborhood of são paulo, sp, during an entomological survey program performed in 2016. even with intense surveillance and vector control, large numbers of mosquitoes were present in this area. a detailed investigation allowed for the detection of ae. aegypti in an underground reservoir used for rainwater storage. after the implementation of protection screens in the accesses, the presence of the vector was no ... | 2017 | 29236877 |
| detection of zika virus in aedes mosquitoes from mexico. | we report on the results of an entomovirological surveillance system of aedes populations performed by the ministry of health of the central state of san luis potosí, mexico. | 2017 | 29232453 |
| efficacy of 13 commercial household aerosol insecticides against aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) from morelos, mexico. | in mexico, aedes aegypti (l.) (diptera: culicidae) is the primary vector of dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses. control programs include community participation using personal protection such as household aerosol insecticides. in both, urban or rural areas, the use of aerosol insecticides is a common practice to avoiding mosquito biting. thus, information on the efficacy of commercial products must be available. this study reports the efficacy of 13 household aerosol insecticides against ae. ... | 2017 | 29228197 |
| in silico validation of d7 salivary protein-derived b- and t-cell epitopes of aedes aegypti as potential vaccine to prevent transmission of flaviviruses and togaviruses to humans. | mosquito (aedes aegyptii) salivary proteins play a crucial role in facilitating viral transmission from vector-to-host due to their role in facilitating the "blood meal" of the vector. three main proteins, d7, aegyptin and sialokinin play a role in this process. using in-silico programs, we identified b- and t-cell epitopes in the mosquito salivary proteins d7 long and short form. t-cell epitopes with high affinity to the most prevalent hla mhc class-i supertypes among different population group ... | 2017 | 29225429 |
| species specific rna a-to-i editing of mosquito rdl modulates gaba potency and influences agonistic, potentiating and antagonistic actions of ivermectin. | the insect gaba receptor, rdl, is the target of several classes of pesticides. the peptide sequences of rdl are generally highly conserved between diverse insects. however, rna a-to-i editing can effectively alter amino acid residues of rdl in a species specific manner, which can affect the potency of gaba and possibly insecticides. we report here that rna a-to-i editing alters the gene products of rdl in three mosquito disease vectors, recoding five amino acid residues in rdl of aedes aegypti a ... | 2017 | 29223796 |
| the first detected airline introductions of yellow fever mosquitoes (aedes aegypti) to europe, at schiphol international airport, the netherlands. | air-borne introduction of exotic mosquitoes to schiphol airport in the netherlands has been considered plausible based upon findings of mosquitoes in aircraft cabins during 2008, 2010 and 2011. beginning in 2013, surveillance efforts at schiphol had focused on promptly detecting accidental introductions at the airport facilities in order to quickly react and avoid temporary proliferation or establishment of mosquito populations, identify the origin of the introductions, and avoid potential trans ... | 2017 | 29221490 |
| full-length genome sequence of a chikungunya virus isolate from the 2017 autochthonous outbreak, lazio region, italy. | we report here the genome sequence of a human chikungunya virus isolate from the ongoing autochthonous outbreak in central italy. the sequence (east-central-south african lineage, indian ocean sublineage), which is similar to recent sequences from pakistan and india, shows e1 and e2 signatures of strains whose main mosquito vector is aedes aegypti, although aedes albopictus is the vector in italy. | 2017 | 29217791 |
| the gastric caecum of larval aedes aegypti: stimulation of epithelial ion transport by 5-hydroxytryptamine and camp. | we report measurements of ion transport across the gastric caecum of larvae of aedes aegypti, a vector of yellow fever that inhabits a variety of aquatic habitats ranging from freshwater to brackish water. we provide the first measurements of the effect of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-ht) on transepithelial potential (tep), luminal ion concentrations and electrochemical potentials, as well as basolateral membrane potential and h+, na+ and k+ fluxes. tep, basolateral membrane potential, and h+, k+, and ... | 2017 | 29217627 |
| the immune strategies of mosquito aedes aegypti against microbial infection. | yellow fever mosquito aedes aegypti transmits many devastating arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as dengue virus, yellow fever virus, chikungunya virus, and zika virus, which cause great concern to human health. mosquito control is an effective method to block the spread of infectious diseases. ae. aegypti uses its innate immune system to fight against arboviruses, parasites, and fungi. in this review, we briefly summarize the recent findings in the immune response of ae. aegypti again ... | 2017 | 29217264 |
| differences in prevalence of symptomatic zika virus infection by age and sex-puerto rico, 2016. | during the zika virus (zikv) outbreak in puerto rico in 2016, non-pregnant women aged 20-39 years were disproportionately identified with zikv disease. we used household-based cluster investigations to determine if this disparity was associated with age- or sex-dependent differences in the rate of zikv infection or reporting symptoms. | 2017 | 29216376 |
| novel wolbachia-transinfected aedes aegypti mosquitoes possess diverse fitness and vector competence phenotypes. | wolbachia pipientis from drosophila melanogaster (wmel) is an endosymbiotic bacterium that restricts transmission of human pathogenic flaviviruses and alphaviruses, including dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses, when introduced into the mosquito vector aedes aegypti. to date, wmel-infected ae. aegypti have been released in field trials in 5 countries to evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy for disease control. despite the success in establishing wmel-infected mosquitoes in wild populati ... | 2017 | 29216317 |
| dengue serotype-specific immune response in aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus. | dengue viruses (denv) are considered one of the most important emerging pathogens and dengue disease is a global health threat. the geographic expansion of dengue viruses has led to co-circulation of all four dengue serotypes making it imperative that new denv control strategies be devised. | 2017 | 29211244 |
| an aedes aegypti-associated fungus increases susceptibility to dengue virus by modulating gut trypsin activity. | transmission of dengue virus (denv) requires successful completion of the infection cycle in the aedes aegypti vector, which is initiated in the midgut tissue after ingestion of an infectious blood meal. while certain ae. aegypti midgut-associated bacteria influence virus infection, little is known about the midgut-associated fungi (mycobiota), and how its members might influence susceptibility to denv infection. we show that a talaromyces (tsp_pr) fungus, isolated from field-caught ae. aegypti, ... | 2017 | 29205153 |
| alternative patterns of sex chromosome differentiation in aedes aegypti (l). | some populations of west african aedes aegypti, the dengue and zika vector, are reproductively incompatible; our earlier study showed that divergence and rearrangements of genes on chromosome 1, which bears the sex locus (m), may be involved. we also previously described a proposed cryptic subspecies senaae (pk10, senegal) that had many more high inter-sex fst genes on chromosome 1 than did ae.aegypti aegypti (aaa, pai lom, thailand). the current work more thoroughly explores the significance of ... | 2017 | 29202694 |
| dengue fever outbreaks in eritrea, 2005-2015: a case for strengthening surveillance, control and reporting. | the geographic distribution and burden of dengue is increasing globally. this study aims to evaluate dengue outbreaks and to substantiate the need for strengthened surveillance, reporting and control in eritrea. | 2016 | 29202065 |
| global transcriptome analysis of aedes aegypti mosquitoes in response to zika virus infection. | zika virus (zikv) of the flaviviridae family is a recently emerged mosquito-borne virus that has been implicated in the surge of the number of microcephaly instances in south america. the recent rapid spread of the virus led to its declaration as a global health emergency by the world health organization. the virus is transmitted mainly by the mosquito aedes aegypti, which is also the vector of dengue virus; however, little is known about the interactions of the virus with the mosquito vector. i ... | 2017 | 29202041 |
| global risk mapping for major diseases transmitted by aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus. | the objective of this study was to map the global risk of the major arboviral diseases transmitted by aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus by identifying areas where the diseases are reported, either through active transmission or travel-related outbreaks, as well as areas where the diseases are not currently reported but are nonetheless suitable for the vector. | 2017 | 29196275 |