The Zika crisis drew attention to the long-overlooked problem of arboviruses transmitted by
Aedes mosquitoes in Africa. Yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and Zika are poorly …

Vector‐borne diseases cause significant financial and human loss, with billions of dollars
spent on control. Arthropod vectors experience a complex suite of environmental factors that …

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic phlebovirus of the Phenuiviridae family with great
opportunity for emergence in previously unaffected regions, despite its current geographical …

On the last week of May of 2018, a community-based syndromic surveillance system
detected mass abortions and deaths of young livestock in northeastern Kenya. Two weeks …

Rift Valley fever (RVF) is an emerging, zoonotic, arboviral hemorrhagic fever threatening
livestock and humans mainly in Africa. RVF is of global concern, having expanded its …

Kenya is among the most affected tropical countries with pathogen transmitting Culicidae
vectors. For decades, insect vectors have contributed to the emergence and distribution of …

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are a diverse group of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses,
with the exception of African swine fever virus, that are transmitted by hematophagous …

Background Many zoonotic infectious diseases have emerged and re-emerged over the last
two decades. There has been a significant increase in vector-borne diseases due to climate …

Introduction: Culex quinquefasciatus is a mosquito species of significant public health
importance due to its ability to transmit multiple pathogens that can cause mosquito-borne …

To investigate the effects of irrigation on land cover changes and the risk of selected
zoonotic pathogens, we carried out a study in irrigated, pastoral and riverine areas in the …