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The transmission ecology of Tahyna orthobunyavirus in Austria as revealed by longitudinal mosquito sampling and blood meal analysis in floodplain habitats

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Tahyna orthobunyavirus (TAHV) is a mosquito-borne virus that may cause mild flu-like symptoms or neurological symptoms in humans. It is historically associated with floodplain habitats in Central Europe, and the mammalophilic floodwater ...
Jeremy V. Camp, Edwin Kniha, Adelheid G. Obwaller, Julia Walochnik, Norbert Nowotny   +4 more
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Potentially Zoonotic Viruses in Wild Rodents, United Arab Emirates, 2019—A Pilot Study

Viruses, 2023
The majority of emerging viral infectious diseases in humans originate from wildlife reservoirs, such as rodents and bats. We investigated a possible reservoir, namely wild gerbils and mice trapped in a desert reserve within the emirate of Dubai, United ...
Pia Weidinger, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Tamer Khafaga, Tom Loney, Brigitte Howarth, Moayyed Sher Shah, Ahmad Abou Tayoun, Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Jeremy V. Camp, Norbert Nowotny   +9 more
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Targeted surveillance reveals native and invasive mosquito species infected with Usutu virus

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The emergence of Usutu virus (USUV) in Europe was first reported in Austria, 2001, and the virus has since spread to many European countries. Initial outbreaks are marked by a mass die-off of European blackbirds (Turdus merula) and other bird ...
Jeremy V. Camp, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Norbert Nowotny   +2 more
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Distribution of Insecticide Resistance Genetic Markers in the West Nile Virus Vector Culex pipiens from South-Eastern Romania

Insects, 2022
Culex pipiens pipiens and Culex pipiens molestus mosquitoes are the vectors of West Nile virus in south-eastern Romania, an area of intense circulation and human transmission of this virus. The level of insecticide resistance for the mosquito populations
Ioana Georgeta Stancu, Florian Liviu Prioteasa, Georgiana Victorița Tiron, Ani Ioana Cotar, Elena Fălcuță, Daniela Porea, Sorin Dinu, Cornelia Svetlana Ceianu, Ortansa Csutak   +8 more
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Integrated mapping of establishment risk for emerging vector-borne infections: a case study of canine leishmaniasis in southwest France. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis is endemic in the Mediterranean Basin, where the dog is the main reservoir host. The disease's causative agent, Leishmania infantum, is transmitted by blood-feeding female sandflies.
Hartemink, Nienke, Hartemink, N.A., Heesterbeek Hans, Pesson, Bernard, Hans Heesterbeek, Davies Clive, Heesterbeek, Hans, David Morley, Mahamdallie Shazia, Morley, D., Ready Paul, Rogers, David, Clive Davies, Davies, C., Pesson Bernard, Vanwambeke, Sophie, Hartemink Nienke, Vanwambeke, S.O., Sophie O. Vanwambeke, Mahamdallie, Shazia, Heesterbeek, J.A.P., Davies, Clive, Hartemink, Nina, Rogers David, Pesson, B., Mahamdallie, S., Ready, Paul, Sophie O Vanwambeke, Dep Gezondheidszorg Landbouwhuisdieren, David Rogers, Paul Ready, Strategic Infection Biology, Vanwambeke, Sophie O, Nienke Hartemink, Bernard Pesson, Vanwambeke Sophie O., Ready, P., Shazia Mahamdallie, Rogers, D.J., Morley, David, Morley David   +40 more
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Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 are attracted to sound, feed on amphibians, and are infected with multiple viruses

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 is a species of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) native to central Europe. Recently a novel lineage of the West Nile virus (WNV-lineage 4c) was identified in pools of adult female Ur. unguiculata. To increase
Jeremy V. Camp, Tamás Bakonyi, Zoltán Soltész, Thomas Zechmeister, Norbert Nowotny   +4 more
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Exposure of Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and a Little Free-Tailed Bat (Chaerephon pumilus) to Alphaviruses in Uganda

Diseases, 2022
The reservoir for zoonotic o’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV) has remained unknown since this virus was first recognized in Uganda in 1959. Building on existing evidence for mosquito blood-feeding on various frugivorous bat species in Uganda, and seroprevalence ...
Rebekah C. Kading, Erin M. Borland, Eric C. Mossel, Teddy Nakayiki, Betty Nalikka, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Mary B. Crabtree, Nicholas A. Panella, Luke Nyakarahuka, Amy T. Gilbert, Julian C. Kerbis-Peterhans, Jonathan S. Towner, Brian R. Amman, Tara K. Sealy, Barry R. Miller, Julius J. Lutwama, Robert M. Kityo, Ann M. Powers   +17 more
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Acceptability of 4-poster deer treatment devices for community-wide tick control among residents of high Lyme disease incidence counties in Connecticut and New York, USA

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
The 4-Poster Tick Control Deer Feeder (4-poster) device applies acaricide to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and can reduce populations of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), which transmits the agents of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis ...
Courtney C. Nawrocki, Nicholas Piedmonte, Sara A. Niesobecki, Adam Rowe, AmberJean P. Hansen, Alison Kaufman, Erik Foster, James I. Meek, Linda Niccolai, Jennifer White, Bryon Backenson, Lars Eisen, Sarah A. Hook, Neeta P. Connally, Victoria L. Hornbostel, Alison F. Hinckley   +15 more
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Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Past Infections Are Associated with Two Innate Immune Response Candidate Genes in Dromedaries

Cells, 2021
Dromedaries are an important livestock, used as beasts of burden and for meat and milk production. However, they can act as an intermediate source or vector for transmitting zoonotic viruses to humans, such as the Middle East respiratory syndrome ...
Sara Lado, Jan Futas, Martin Plasil, Tom Loney, Pia Weidinger, Jeremy V. Camp, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Dafalla O. Kannan, Petr Horin, Norbert Nowotny, Pamela A. Burger   +10 more
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NEVBD Quarterly Digest Issue 4 [PDF]

, 2019
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases is supported through Cooperative Agreement Number 1U01CK000509-01 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Cornell UniversityThe Northeast Regional Center for ...
Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
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