The Role of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Virus Transmission in Europe

VA Brugman, LM Hernández-Triana… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the past three decades, a range of mosquito-borne viruses that threaten public and
veterinary health have emerged or re-emerged in Europe. Mosquito surveillance activities …

Updated occurrence and bionomics of potential malaria vectors in Europe: a systematic review (2000–2021)

M Bertola, M Mazzucato, M Pombi, F Montarsi - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of environmental factors related to WNV circulation in European and Mediterranean countries

C Giesen, Z Herrador, B Fernandez-Martinez… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction/objective West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the most widely distributed
flaviviruses worldwide. It is considered an endemic and emerging pathogen in different …

Determinants of the current and future distribution of the West Nile virus mosquito vector Culex pipiens in Spain

L Gangoso, D Aragonés, J Martínez-de la Puente… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in environmental conditions, whether related or not to human activities,
are continuously modifying the geographic distribution of vectors, which in turn affects the …

Effects of climatic and environmental factors on mosquito population inferred from West Nile virus surveillance in Greece

F Ferraccioli, N Riccetti, A Fasano, S Mourelatos… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mosquito-borne diseases' impact on human health is among the most prominent of all
communicable diseases. With limited pool of tools to contrast these diseases, public health …

Unravelling the mosquito-haemosporidian parasite-bird host network in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula: insights into malaria infections, mosquito community and …

C Mora-Rubio, M Ferraguti, S Magallanes… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Bakground Vector-borne diseases affecting humans, wildlife and livestock have significantly
increased their incidence and distribution in the last decades. Because the interaction …

Assessment heartworm disease in the Canary Islands (Spain): risk of transmission in a Hyperendemic area by ecological niche modeling and its future projection

R Morchón, I Rodríguez-Escolar, REH Lambraño… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease caused
by the nematode parasite Dirofilaria immitis. This disease is cosmopolitan and mainly affects …

Ecological Effects on the Dynamics of West Nile Virus and Avian Plasmodium: The Importance of Mosquito Communities and Landscape

M Ferraguti, J Martinez-de La Puente, J Figuerola - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Humans and wildlife are at risk from certain vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue,
and West Nile and yellow fevers. Factors linked to global change, including habitat …

Empirical dynamic modelling and enhanced causal analysis of short-length Culex abundance timeseries with vector correlation metrics

N Kollas, S Gewehr, I Kioutsioukis - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Employing Empirical Dynamic Modelling we investigate whether model free
methods could be applied in the study of Culex mosquitoes in Northern Greece. Applying …

Culex pipiens distribution in Tunisia: Identification of suitable areas through Random Forest and MaxEnt approaches

J Amdouni, A Conte, C Ippoliti… - Veterinary medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Tunisia has experienced several West Nile virus (WNV) outbreaks since 1997.
Yet, there is limited information on the spatial distribution of the main WNV mosquito vector …