Emergent and reemergent arboviruses in South America and the Caribbean: why so many and why now?

CB Marcondes, M Contigiani… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Several arboviruses have emerged and/or reemerged in the New World in the past decades.
Zika and chikungunya viruses, formerly restricted to Africa and perhaps Asia, invaded the …

[HTML][HTML] Silent circulation of St. Louis encephalitis virus prior to an encephalitis outbreak in Cordoba, Argentina (2005)

LA Díaz, G Albrieu Llinás, A Vázquez… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
St. Louis encephalitis virus is a complex zoonoses. In 2005, 47 laboratory-confirmed and
probable clinical cases of SLEV infection were reported in Córdoba, Argentina. Although the …

Effects of rainfall on Culex mosquito population dynamics

LD Valdez, GJ Sibona, LA Diaz, MS Contigiani… - Journal of theoretical …, 2017 - Elsevier
The dynamics of a mosquito population depends heavily on climatic variables such as
temperature and precipitation. Since climate change models predict that global warming will …

Blood feeding patterns of the Culex pipiens complex in equestrian land uses and their implications for arboviral encephalitis risk in temperate Argentina

MV Cardo, AE Carbajo, C Mozzoni… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes are a key component in the dynamics of arboviral
encephalitides transmission. In temperate Argentina, the members of the Culex pipiens …

[HTML][HTML] Activity patterns of St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile viruses in free ranging birds during a human encephalitis outbreak in Argentina

LA Diaz, AI Quaglia, BS Konigheim, AS Boris… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV)(Flavivirus) is a reemerging arbovirus in the southern
cone of South America. In 2005, an outbreak of SLEV in central Argentina resulted in 47 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of Argentinean Saint Louis encephalitis virus non-epidemic and epidemic strain infections in an avian model

LA Diaz, NM Nemeth, RA Bowen… - PLoS neglected …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) is an emerging mosquito-borne
pathogen in South America, with human SLEV encephalitis cases reported in Argentina and …

Reliable detection of St. Louis encephalitis virus by RT-nested PCR

V Ré, L Spinsanti, A Farías, A Díaz, A Vázquez… - … y microbiologia clinica, 2008 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a re-emerging arbovirus in South
America, with reported cases in humans in Argentina and Brazil. This fact indicates that …

Viremia profiles and host competence index for West Nile virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae) in three autochthonous birds species from Argentina

LA Diaz, FS Flores, MS Contigiani - Journal of Ornithology, 2011 - Springer
West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging Flavivirus dispersing throughout the American
continent. It has emerged in the United States as an important medical and veterinary …

[PDF][PDF] Feeding habits of the Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) and the Short-eared Owl (A. flammeus) in the southwest of Bogotá Savanna, Cundinamarca, Colombia

JS Restrepo-Cardona, JD Ocampo-Velásquez… - Ornitología …, 2021 - academia.edu
Abstract· This study quantitively compares the diets of the Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) and the
Short-eared Owl (A. flammeus) in the southwest of the Bogotá Savanna, Colombia. We …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Argentinean bird species as amplifying hosts for St. Louis encephalitis virus (Flavivirus, Flaviviridae)

A Díaz, FS Flores, AI Quaglia… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is an emerging human pathogen flavivirus in Argentina.
Recently, it has reemerged in the United States. We evaluated the role as amplifying host of …