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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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Vector competence of Florida mosquitoes for chikungunya virus [PDF]
Journal of Vector Ecology, 2010 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV, family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) has re-emerged and caused human epidemics in Europe, Africa, Asia, and India in recent years (Bessaud et al. 2006, Powers and Logue 2007, Peyrefitte et al. 2008, Leo et al. 2009). The debilitating disease caused by CHIKV results in fever, skin rash, and arthritis-like pain in small ...
Stephanie L, Richards +2 more
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Poor vector competence of the human flea, Pulex irritans, to transmit Yersinia pestis
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The human flea, Pulex irritans , is widespread globally and has a long association with humans, one of its principal hosts. Its role in plague transmission is still under discussion, although its high prevalence in plague-endemic regions and ...
Adélaïde Miarinjara +3 more
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Replication-competent herpes simplex vectors: design and applications [PDF]
Gene Therapy, 2005 Replication-competent vectors are derived from attenuated viruses whose genes, that are nonessential for replication in cultured cells in vitro, are either mutated or deleted. The removal of one or more nonessential genes may reduce pathogenicity without requiring a cell line to complement growth.
ARGNANI, Rafaela +3 more
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Vector competence in West African Aedes aegypti Is Flavivirus species and genotype dependent. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Vector competence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes is a quantitative genetic trait that varies among geographic locations and among different flavivirus species and genotypes within species. The subspecies Ae.
Laura B Dickson +4 more
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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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Effect of blood source on vector competence of Culex pipiens biotypes for Usutu virus
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Infectious blood meal experiments have been frequently performed with different virus-vector combinations to assess the transmission potential of arthropod-borne (arbo)viruses. A wide variety of host blood sources have been used to deliver arboviruses to
Sandra R. Abbo +4 more
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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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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Powassan virus (POWV; genus Flavivirus) is the sole North American member of the tick-borne encephalitis sero-complex and an increasing public health threat in the USA. Maintained in nature by Ixodes spp.
Rohit Sharma +3 more
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