Despite the eradication of malaria across most European countries in the 1960s and 1970s,
the anopheline vectors are still present. Most of the malaria cases that have been reported in …

The epidemiology of West Nile (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) has changed dramatically
over the past two decades. Since 1999, there have been regular reports of WNV outbreaks …

In March 2021, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and …

Highlights•ISVs have been found to modulate replication and transmission of
arboviruses.•Vertical and horizontal transmission could be exploited for applied …

Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing (mNGS) allows the evaluation of complex
microbial communities, avoiding isolation and cultivation of each microbial species, and …

Anopheles mosquitoes are the vectors of Plasmodium, the etiological agent of malaria. In
addition, Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae are the main vectors of the O'nyong …

As viral genomic imprints in host genomes, endogenous viral elements (EVEs) shed light on
the deep evolutionary history of viruses, ancestral host ranges, and ancient viral–host …

Background The recent reports of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus populations in Turkey,
in parallel with the territorial expansion identified in several surrounding countries, have …

Background Many arboviruses transmitted by mosquitoes have been implicated as
causative agents of both human and animal illnesses in East Africa. Although epidemics of …

Introduction: We screened host-collected ticks for tick-borne viruses, including those recently
documented as human pathogens. Methods: During 2020–2021, ticks removed form cattle …