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 …

Natural and anthropogenic changes (eg, land use change, pollution) will alter many
environmental factors in the coming years, including the amount of solar radiation reaching …

Background Shanghai has numerous high-rise apartment and office buildings, but the
effects of these high-rise spaces on the vertical dispersal, oviposition and blood feeding …

The principal vectors of chikungunya and dengue viruses typically oviposit in water-filled
artificial and natural containers, including tree holes. Despite the risk these and similar tree …

The vertical dimension constitutes an important niche axis along which mosquitoes may
adjust their distribution. Here, we evaluated whether the vertical distribution of container …

Climate, land use and land cover change influence infectious disease dynamics, particularly
vector-borne diseases. Knowledge about mosquito ecology in southern Indiana is limited …

Abstract West Nile virus and La Crosse virus human infections are common in Indiana.
Nevertheless, there are knowledge gaps about basic mosquito ecology associated with …

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse)(Diptera: Culicidae) is an
important vector of viral and parasitic pathogens including dengue and chikungunya viruses …

Freshwater rock pools can serve as habitat for aquatic insects. Flash-flooding can have
profound effects on insect communities in streams and rivers, but these effects have not …

Abstract The incidence of La Crosse encephalitis (LACE)(a mosquito-borne pediatric
neuroinvasive infectious disease) has increased in the Appalachian region. A causal …