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Introduction and Spread of West Nile Virus in Lazio, Italy, 2025: Molecular Epidemiology and Genomic Characterization

Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 98, Issue 11, November 2026.
ABSTRACT West Nile virus (WNV) is a flavivirus whose cycle involves mosquitoes and avian hosts that occasionally may infect horses and humans as “dead‐end hosts.” Human infection is mostly asymptomatic, sometimes leading to febrile or neuroinvasive disease.
Martina Rueca, Cesare Ernesto Maria Gruber, Gabriella De Carli, Ilaria Mussetto, Carla Nartuhi Mavian, Giuseppe Manna, Francesca Rosone, Davide La Rocca, Juan Guillermo Perez‐Jimenez, Maria Teresa Scicluna, Giovanni Chillemi, Eliana Specchiarello, Francesca Colavita, Flavia Smoquina, Alessandra Nappo, Christina Merakou, Marcello Giovanni Sala, Claudio De Liberato, Giulietta Venturi, Andrea Siddu, Francesco Vairo, Fabrizio Maggi, Fabrizio Carletti   +22 more
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Changes Over a 10‐Year Period in the Distribution Ranges and Genetic Hybridization of Three Pelophylax Pond Frogs in Central Japan

Ecology and Evolution
In this study, we focused on interspecial interactions in Central Japan where three closely related pond frog species, Pelophylax nigromaculatus, Pelophylax porosus porosus, and Pelophylax porosus brevipodus (two species and two subspecies) are ...
Shonosuke Shigeta, Tomoya Suzuki, Shohei Komaki, Koji Tojo   +3 more
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The Genome and Population Structure of the Spruce Beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby, 1837), a Transcontinental Pest of North American Spruce

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 8, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis (Family: Curculionidae; Subfamily Scolytinae) is a major forest insect pest throughout the transcontinental range of spruce species (Picea spp.) in North America. Here, we present an annotated, near chromosome‐level, genome assembly of 271 Mb, with 86% of the assembly contained in 16 ...
Erin O. Campbell, Philip D. Batista, Véronique Lévesque‐Tremblay, Catherine Béliveau, Kathia Bernier, Kateryna Romanenko, Ward B. Strong, Katherine P. Bleiker, Dezene P. W. Huber, Christopher I. Keeling   +9 more
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Multiplex PCR for differentiating Ornithodoros tick vectors in South Africa: Proof of concept

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
African swine fever (ASF) is a severe viral haemorrhagic disease affecting domestic pigs, maintained by ASF virus within an ancient sylvatic cycle involving Ornithodoros ticks that inhabit warthog burrows.
Susan West, Juanita van Emmenes, Carin Boshoff   +2 more
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The Sweetpotato Black Rot Pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata

Molecular Plant Pathology, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2026.
We review current knowledge of the soilborne Ceratocystis fimbriata pathogen's biology, epidemiology, virulence and management, and identify priorities for future research. ABSTRACT Black rot, caused by the soilborne fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata, is a major postharvest disease of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) worldwide.
Kelly Avila, Camilo H. Parada‐Rojas, Jack Mascarenhas, Lina M. Quesada‐Ocampo   +3 more
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Comparative phylogeography, genetic differentiation, and contrasting reproductive modes in three fungal symbionts of a multipartite bark beetle symbiosis

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Comparative phylogeography, genetic differentiation, and contrasting reproductive modes in three fungal symbionts of a multipartite bark beetle symbiosis Including the nexus and tree file for Ophiostoma montium, one of three species discussed in the ...

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Colonisation History of Freshwater Snails Across the Atlantic and Mediterranean Islands: Insights From Mercuria (Littorinimorpha, Hydrobiidae)

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 830-845, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Islands harbour unique biodiversity, and depending on their geological origin, they have fundamentally different colonisation histories: continental islands may contain relict faunas shaped by vicariance and sporadic gene flow, whereas oceanic islands must have been colonised across open seas, often through long‐distance dispersal events ...
Jonathan P. Miller, Omar Sánchez, Vincent Prié, Diana Delicado   +3 more
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Population genomic evidence of structured and connected Plasmodium vivax populations under host selection in Latin America

Ecology and Evolution
Pathogen genomic epidemiology has the potential to provide a deep understanding of population dynamics, facilitating strategic planning of interventions, monitoring their impact, and enabling timely responses, and thereby supporting control and ...
Johanna Helena Kattenberg, Pieter Monsieurs, Julie De Meyer, Katlijn De Meulenaere, Erin Sauve, Thaís C. deOliveira, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Dionicia Gamboa, Anna Rosanas‐Urgell   +8 more
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Striking Suture Zone Mismatch Between Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers in North African Chalcides ocellatus (Squamata: Scincidae)

Zoologica Scripta, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 795-804, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls remain pervasive even among common and widespread Mediterranean taxa, limiting our understanding of evolutionary history and species boundaries. The Ocellated Skink Chalcides ocellatus complex illustrates this issue, with disputed subspecific taxonomy and deep mitochondrial divergences across North Africa and ...
Paul Doniol‐Valcroze, Dave Lutgen, Menad Beddek, Boualem Dellaoui, Philippe Geniez, Olivier Peyre, Patricia Sourrouille, Pierre‐André Crochet   +7 more
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A renewed glance at the Palearctic golden eagle: Genetic variation in space and time

Ecology and Evolution
Anthropogenic pressures on nature have been causing population declines for centuries. Intensified persecution of apex predators, like the golden eagle, resulted in population bottlenecks during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ekaterina Karabanina, Gerhardus M. J. Lansink, Suvi Ponnikas, Laura Kvist   +3 more
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