[HTML][HTML] Environmental drivers, climate change and emergent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and their vectors in southern Europe: A systematic review

S Brugueras, B Fernández-Martínez… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mosquito borne diseases are a group of infections that affect humans. Emerging or
reemerging diseases are those that (re) occur in regions, groups or hosts that were …

[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 …

Scoping review of Culex mosquito life history trait heterogeneity in response to temperature

SK Moser, M Barnard, RM Frantz, JA Spencer… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Mosquitoes in the genus Culex are primary vectors in the US for West Nile virus
(WNV) and other arboviruses. Climatic drivers such as temperature have differential effects …

[HTML][HTML] West Nile virus in the Iberian Peninsula: Using equine cases to identify high-risk areas for humans

JM García-Carrasco, AR Muñoz, J Olivero… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Background West Nile virus (WNV) is a flavivirus with an enzootic cycle between birds and
mosquitoes; humans and horses are incidental dead-end hosts. In 2020, the largest …

Spring temperature shapes West Nile virus transmission in Europe

G Marini, M Manica, L Delucchi, A Pugliese, R Rosà - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract West Nile Virus (WNV) is now endemic in many European countries, causing
hundreds of human cases every year, with a high spatial and temporal heterogeneity …

Understanding West Nile virus transmission: Mathematical modelling to quantify the most critical parameters to predict infection dynamics

E Fesce, G Marini, R Rosà, D Lelli… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
West Nile disease is a vector-borne disease caused by West Nile virus (WNV), involving
mosquitoes as vectors and birds as maintenance hosts. Humans and other mammals can be …

[HTML][HTML] Parasites and wildlife in a changing world: The vector-host-pathogen interaction as a learning case

A Rizzoli, V Tagliapietra, F Cagnacci, G Marini… - International Journal for …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the Anthropocene context, changes in climate, land use and biodiversity are considered
among the most important anthropogenic factors affecting parasites-host interaction and …

Microbes increase thermal sensitivity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, with the potential to change disease distributions

F Ware-Gilmore, CM Sgrò, Z Xi, HLC Dutra… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of many disease-causing viruses,
including dengue (DENV), Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. As consequences of climate …

A dynamically structured matrix population model for insect life histories observed under variable environmental conditions

K Erguler, J Mendel, DV Petrić, M Petrić, M Kavran… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Various environmental drivers influence life processes of insect vectors that transmit human
disease. Life histories observed under experimental conditions can reveal such complex …

A quantitative comparison of West Nile virus incidence from 2013 to 2018 in Emilia-Romagna, Italy

G Marini, M Calzolari, P Angelini, R Bellini… - PLOS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background West Nile virus (WNV) transmission was much greater in 2018 than in previous
seasons in Europe. Focusing on Emilia-Romagna region (northern Italy), we analyzed …