The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred
regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague, cholera, flu …

Climate Change and Vectorborne Diseases Warming temperatures and changes in
precipitation associated with climate change are affecting the occurrence of vectorborne …

Blood-sucking arthropods transmit a variety of human pathogens acting as disseminators of
the so-called vector-borne diseases. Leishmaniasis is a spectrum of diseases caused by …

Vector-borne emerging and re-emerging diseases pose considerable public health problem
worldwide. Some of these diseases are emerging and/or re-emerging at increasing rates …

Deforestation is a major cause of biodiversity loss with a negative impact on human health.
This study explores at global scale whether the loss and gain of forest cover and the rise of …

Insecticides have played a major role in the prevention, control, and elimination of vector-
borne diseases, but insecticide resistance threatens the efficacy of available vector control …

Mosquito-borne diseases are an increasing global health challenge, threatening over 40%
of the world's population. Despite major advances in malaria control since 2000, recent …

Since 2013, Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al. has been reported to infect several hosts and to be
present in different areas of Europe. The main damage has been inflicted on the olive …

This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen
transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing …

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) have a significant impact on human and animal health. VBD
has been emerging or re-emerging in a variety of geographic regions, raising alarming new …