Dengue infections in Colombia: epidemiological trends of a hyperendemic country

H Gutierrez-Barbosa, S Medina-Moreno… - Tropical medicine and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dengue is a major public health problem in hyperendemic countries like Colombia, the
understanding of the epidemiological trends is important for the development of efficient …

Arbovirus vectors of epidemiological concern in the Americas: a scoping review of entomological studies on Zika, dengue and chikungunya virus vectors

R Jones, MA Kulkarni, TMV Davidson… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Three arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) causing human disease have
been the focus of a large number of studies in the Americas since 2013 due to their global …

Climatic and socio-economic factors supporting the co-circulation of dengue, Zika and chikungunya in three different ecosystems in Colombia

J Morgan, C Strode… - PLoS Neglected Tropical …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Dengue, Zika and chikungunya are diseases of global health significance caused by
arboviruses and transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which is of worldwide …

A Point Mutation V419L in the Sodium Channel Gene from Natural Populations of Aedes aegypti Is Involved in Resistance to λ-Cyhalothrin in Colombia

Y Granada, AM Mejía-Jaramillo, C Strode… - Insects, 2018 - mdpi.com
Resistance to pyrethroids in mosquitoes is mainly caused by target site insensitivity known
as knockdown resistance (kdr). In this work, we examined the point mutations present in …

Maternal invasion history of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus into the Isthmus of Panama: Implications for the control of emergent viral disease agents

GA Eskildsen, JR Rovira, O Smith, MJ Miller… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Despite an increase in dengue outbreaks and the arrival of chikungunya and Zika disease in
Panama, studies on the demographic history of the invasive Aedes mosquitoes that are the …

Origin and expansion of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in Madeira Island (Portugal)

G Seixas, P Salgueiro, A Bronzato-Badial… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Historically known as the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti invaded Madeira Island in
2005 and was the vector of the island's first dengue outbreak in 2012. We have studied …

Phylogeography and invasion history of Aedes aegypti, the Dengue and Zika mosquito vector in Cape Verde islands (West Africa)

P Salgueiro, C Serrano, B Gomes, J Alves… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aedes‐borne arboviruses have spread globally with outbreaks of vast impact on human
populations and health systems. The West African archipelago of Cape Verde had its first …

Genetic Diversity among Four Populations of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Honduras as Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Cytochrome Oxidase I

D Escobar, B Ortiz, O Urrutia, G Fontecha - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aedes aegypti is a hematophagous and highly anthropophilic mosquito with a wide
distribution, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Ae. aegypti is the …

Incidence of dengue and chikungunya viruses in mosquitoes and human patients in border provinces of Vietnam

KL Pham Thi, L Briant, L Gavotte, P Labbe… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Dengue virus remains a major threat in Vietnam, while chikungunya virus is
expected to become one. Surveillance was conducted from 2012 to 2014 in Vietnam to …

Genetic variability of the Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquito in El Salvador, vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika

AL Joyce, MM Torres, R Torres, M Moreno - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Aedes aegypti is associated with dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika
viruses. This vector is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas, and can also occur in …