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Vector Competence: What Has Zika Virus Taught Us?
Viruses, 2019 The unprecedented outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in the Americas from 2015 to 2017 prompted the publication of a large body of vector competence data in a relatively short period of time.
Sasha R. Azar, Scott C. Weaver
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Microbiome influences on insect host vector competence [PDF]
Trends in Parasitology, 2011 Insect symbioses lack the complexity and diversity of those associated with higher eukaryotic hosts. Symbiotic microbiomes are beneficial to their insect hosts in many ways, including dietary supplementation, tolerance to environmental perturbations and maintenance and/or enhancement of host immune system homeostasis.
Brian, Weiss, Serap, Aksoy
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Quantifying the efficacy of genetic shifting in control of mosquito‐borne diseases
Evolutionary Applications, 2019 Many of the world's most prevalent diseases are transmitted by animal vectors such as dengue transmitted by mosquitoes. To reduce these vector‐borne diseases, a promising approach is “genetic shifting”: selective breeding of the vectors to be more ...
Siyang Xia +2 more
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PLoS Pathogens, 2021 Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) require replication across a wide range of temperatures to perpetuate. While vertebrate hosts tend to maintain temperatures of approximately 37°C-40°C, arthropods are subject to ambient temperatures which can have a ...
Reyes A Murrieta +9 more
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Pathogens, 2022 Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus and a major cause of human viral encephalitis in Asia. We provide an overview of the knowledge on vector competence, vector capacity, and immunity of mosquitoes in relation to JEV.
Claudia Van den Eynde +3 more
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The Insect Microbiome Modulates Vector Competence for Arboviruses [PDF]
Viruses, 2014 Diseases caused by arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as Dengue, West Nile, and Chikungunya, constitute a major global health burden and are increasing in incidence and geographic range. The natural microbiota of insect vectors influences various aspects of host biology, such as nutrition, reproduction, metabolism, and immunity, and recent ...
Natapong Jupatanakul +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2012 Background Temperature is known to induce changes in mosquito physiology, development, ecology, and in some species, vector competence for arboviruses. Since colonized mosquitoes are reared under laboratory conditions that can be significantly different ...
Dodson Brittany L +2 more
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Insects, 2016 Dengue (DENV), yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika virus transmission to humans by a mosquito host is confounded by both intrinsic and extrinsic variables.
David W. Severson, Susanta K. Behura
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PLoS Computational Biology, 2023 Vector or host competence can be defined as the ability of an individual to become infected and subsequently transmit a pathogen. Assays to measure competence play a key part in the assessment of the factors affecting mosquito-borne virus transmission ...
Jennifer S Lord, Michael B Bonsall
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Mosquitoes as Suitable Vectors for Alphaviruses
Viruses, 2018 Alphaviruses are arthropod-borne viruses and are predominantly transmitted via mosquito vectors. This vector preference by alphaviruses raises the important question of the determinants that contribute to vector competence.
Elisa X. Y. Lim +3 more
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