Assessing the impact of climate change on vector-borne viruses in the EU through the elicitation of expert opinion [PDF]
Expert opinion was elicited to undertake a qualitative risk assessment to estimate the current and future risks to the European Union (EU) from five vector-borne viruses listed by the World Organization for Animal Health.
Brouwer, A. +7 more
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A New Tick-borne Encephalitis-like Virus Infecting New England Deer Ticks, Ixodes dammini
To determine if eastern North American Ixodes dammini, like related ticks in Eurasia, maintain tick-borne encephalitis group viruses, we analyzed ticks collected from sites where the agent of Lyme disease is zoonotic.
Sam R. Telford +6 more
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Population, sexual and reproductive health, rights and sustainable development: forging a common agenda. [PDF]
This article suggests that sexual and reproductive health and rights activists seeking to influence the post-2015 international development paradigm must work with sustainable development advocates concerned with a range of issues, including climate ...
Campbell, D. M. +11 more
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Human case of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Portugal, summer 2015 [PDF]
A case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection was reported in the Algarve region, Portugal, in the first week of September 2015. WNV is known to circulate in Portugal, with occasional reports in horses and birds (2004 to 2011) and very sporadically human ...
Alves, M. J. +7 more
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In Japan, tick-borne viruses such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus have been identified in humans, animals, and ticks. In addition, novel tick-borne viruses have been isolated from ticks in Japan.
Elizabeth Ajema Chebichi Luvai +7 more
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Ticks play an important role in transmission of arboviruses responsible for emerging infectious diseases, and have a significant impact on human, veterinary, and wildlife health. In the Republic of Korea (ROK), little is known about information regarding
Seok-Min Yun +8 more
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Non-structural proteins of arthropod-borne bunyaviruses: roles and functions [PDF]
Viruses within the Bunyaviridae family are tri-segmented, negative-stranded RNA viruses. The family includes several emerging and re-emerging viruses of humans, animals and plants, such as Rift Valley fever virus, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus ...
Alain Kohl +17 more
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Analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus-induced host responses in human cells of neuronal origin and interferon-mediated protection [PDF]
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a member of the genus Flavivirus. It can cause serious infections in humans that may result in encephalitis/meningoencephalitis. Although several studies have described the involvement of specific genes in the host
Grubhoffer, Libor +6 more
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Recent progress in West Nile virus diagnosis and vaccination
West Nile virus (WNV) is a positive-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, a large family with 3 main genera (flavivirus, hepacivirus and pestivirus).
De Filette Marina +3 more
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Extensive diversity of RNA viruses in ticks revealed by metagenomics in northeastern China.
BackgroundTicks act as important vectors of infectious agents, and several emerging tick-borne viruses have recently been identified to be associated with human diseases in northeastern China.
Ziyan Liu +16 more
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