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Estimating the magnitude and direction of altered arbovirus transmission due to viral phenotype. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Vectorial capacity is a measure of the transmission potential of a vector borne pathogen within a susceptible population. Vector competence, a component of the vectorial capacity equation, is the ability of an arthropod to transmit an infectious agent ...
Rebecca C Christofferson +1 more
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Zika Virus Mosquito Vectors: Competence, Biology, and Vector Control [PDF]
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 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,
Elizabeth B, Kauffman, Laura D, Kramer
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Geographic Partitioning of Dengue Virus Transmission Risk in Florida
Viruses, 2021 Dengue viruses (DENVs) cause the greatest public health burden globally among the arthropod-borne viruses. DENV transmission risk has also expanded from tropical to subtropical regions due to the increasing range of its principal mosquito vector, Aedes ...
Caroline J. Stephenson +6 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Vector management programs rely on knowledge of the biology and genetic make-up of mosquitoes. Anopheles stephensi is a major invasive urban malaria vector, distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Middle East, and has recently been ...
Chaitali Ghosh +10 more
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Immunization by replication-competent controlled herpesvirus vectors [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2018 ABSTRACT Replication-competent controlled virus vectors were derived from virulent HSV-1 wildtype strain 17 syn + by placing one or two replication-essential genes under the stringent control of a gene switch that is co-activated by heat and an antiprogestin.
Bloom, David C. +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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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Dengue virus (DENV) is a highly prevalent vector-borne virus that causes life-threatening illnesses to humans worldwide. The development of a tool to control vector populations has the potential to reduce the burden of DENV.
Abdullah A. Alomar +6 more
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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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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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