Determinants of Aedes mosquito density as an indicator of arbovirus transmission risk in three sites affected by co-circulation of globally spreading arboviruses in …

B Talbot, B Sander, V Cevallos, C González… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background The global impact of Zika virus in Latin America has drawn renewed attention to
circulating mosquito-borne viruses in this region, such as dengue and chikungunya. Our …

Arbovirus Transmission Predictions Are Affected by Both Temperature Data Source and Modeling Methodologies across Cities in Colombia

VH Peña-García, JC Luvall, RC Christofferson - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Weather variables has been described as major drivers of vector proliferation and arbovirus
transmission. Among them, temperature has consistently been found to be impactful in …

Zika emergence, persistence, and transmission rate in Colombia: a nationwide application of a space-time Markov switching model

L Picinini Freitas, D Douwes-Schultz, AM Schmidt… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Zika, a viral disease transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes, emerged in the Americas
in 2015, causing large-scale epidemics. Colombia alone reported over 72,000 Zika cases …

Optimal control applied to Zika virus epidemics in Colombia and Puerto Rico

W Valega-Mackenzie, K Ríos-Soto, S Lenhart - Journal of Theoretical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mostly non-lethal disease in humans transmitted by mosquitoes or
humans that can produce severe brain defects such as microcephaly in babies and Guillain …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary approach for surveillance and risk identification of yellow fever and other arboviruses in Colombia

JS Mantilla-Granados, D Sarmiento-Senior, J Manzano… - One Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Arbovirus, a critical threat to human health, have complex and dynamic life cycles. With
reports of Yellow fever virus (YFV) causing spillover from sylvatic transmission cycles, and …

[HTML][HTML] Arbovirus infection in Aedes aegypti from different departments of Colombia

M Gómez, D Martínez, C Hernández, N Luna… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The lack of precise and timely knowledge about the molecular epidemiology of arboviruses
of public health importance, particularly in the vector, has limited the comprehensive control …

Density of Aedes aegypti and dengue virus transmission risk in two municipalities of Northwestern Antioquia, Colombia

W Gómez-Vargas, PA Ríos-Tapias, K Marin-Velásquez… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The high infestation of Aedes aegypti populations in Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia represents
a risk factor for increased dengue morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to determine the …

Exploring Dengue Dynamics: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Trends in Ibagué, Colombia

J Otero, A Tabares, M Santos-Vega - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Our study examines how dengue fever incidence is associated with spatial (demographic
and socioeconomic) alongside temporal (environmental) factors at multiple scales in the city …

Pathogens, reservoirs, and vectors involved in the transmission of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases in a Colombian region

MC Carrasquilla, MI Ortiz… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The ecology of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) is an important system of great complexity,
which involves the knowledge about the pathogens and animal species entailed in …

Molecular detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses in surveillance of wild-caught Aedes mosquitoes in Punjab, North India

T Kaura, S Sarkar, V Sharma, A Mewara… - Transactions of The …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Background Dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses are
transmitted mainly by Aedes mosquitoes and are responsible for a significant global …