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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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Mutualist-Provisioned Resources Impact Vector Competency [PDF]
mBio, 2019 Parasites elicit several physiological changes in their host to enhance transmission. Little is known about the functional association between parasitism and microbiota-provisioned resources typically dedicated to animal hosts and how these goods may be rerouted to optimize parasite development.
Rita V. M. Rio +7 more
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Aedes albopictus is a competent vector of Zika virus: A meta-analysis.
PLoS ONE, 2019 BACKGROUND:Much work has been done in recent years to determine the vector competence of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) for Zika virus (ZIKV). If competent, Ae.
Benjamin A McKenzie +2 more
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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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Arthropods Under Pressure: Stress Responses and Immunity at the Pathogen-Vector Interface
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Understanding what influences the ability of some arthropods to harbor and transmit pathogens may be key for controlling the spread of vector-borne diseases.
Kristin L. Rosche +4 more
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COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF VECTOR AND NON-VECTOR INSECTS: UNCOVERING MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF VECTOR COMPETENCE [PDF]
Acta Scientifica MalaysiaVector competence is the inherent capacity of an insect to transmit diseases to plants and other organisms. It’s a complex feature influenced by several factors such as their physiology, microbiology, environment and some genetic factors.
Arina Akter Nupur, Md. Mamunur Rahman
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Ticks harbor and transmit many different pathogens. While some species are competent vectors of a single pathogen, mono-competent vectors (MCV), other species are proven to be competent vectors of several pathogens, pluri-competent vectors (PCV).
Tiago F. Mota +6 more
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Chikungunya virus vector competency of Brazilian and Florida mosquito vectors
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 Chikungunya virus is a vector-borne alphavirus transmitted by the bites of infected female Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. In Brazil between 2014 and 2016 almost 320 thousand autochthonous human cases were reported and in Florida numerous imported CHIKV viremic cases (> 3,800) demonstrate the potential high risk to establishment of local transmission ...
Nildimar Alves Honório +4 more
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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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Salud Pública de México, 2020 Objective. To gain a better understanding of the Zika virus (ZIKV) vector transmission in Mexico, we determined the vector competence of a local population of Ae. aegypti (Acapulco, Guerrero) for a strain of ZIKV isolated from a Mexican febrile patient.
Nayeli Sánchez-Casiano +7 more
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