Epidemiology of West Nile virus in the United States: implications for arbovirology and public health

LR Petersen - Journal of medical entomology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Since West Nile virus (WNV) emerged in the United States in 1999, 22,999
neuroinvasive disease cases in humans were reported through 2017. These cases have …

[HTML][HTML] Combatting the increasing threat of vector-borne disease in the United States with a national vector-borne disease prevention and control system

LR Petersen, CB Beard, SN Visser - The American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Reported cases of vector-borne diseases in the United States have more than tripled since
2004, characterized by steadily increasing incidence of tick-borne diseases and sporadic …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] West Nile virus surveillance in Europe: moving towards an integrated animal-human-vector approach

CM Gossner, L Marrama, M Carson… - …, 2017 - eurosurveillance.org
This article uses the experience of five European countries to review the integrated
approaches (human, animal and vector) for surveillance and monitoring of West Nile virus …

West Nile or Usutu virus? A three-year follow-up of humoral and cellular response in a group of asymptomatic blood donors

E Percivalle, I Cassaniti, A Sarasini, F Rovida… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are two related arboviruses (genus
Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae), with birds as a reservoir and mosquitoes as transmitting …

Transmission dynamics of the West Nile virus in mosquito vector populations under the influence of weather factors in the Danube Delta, Romania

AI Cotar, E Falcuta, LF Prioteasa, S Dinu, CS Ceianu… - EcoHealth, 2016 - Springer
Mosquitoes were collected in the Danube Delta during the active seasons of 2011–2013.
For Culex spp. mosquitoes, the abundance was calculated. Culex pipiens (sensu lato),(sl) …

Approaches for disease prioritization and decision-making in animal health, 2000–2021: a structured scoping review

K Amenu, KM McIntyre, N Moje… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This scoping review identifies and describes the methods used to prioritize diseases for
resource allocation across disease control, surveillance, and research and the methods …

A network perspective on the vectoring of human disease

B Bellekom, TD Hackett, OT Lewis - Trends in parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Blood-sucking insects are important vectors of disease, with biting Diptera (flies) alone
transmitting diseases that cause an estimated 700 000 human deaths a year. Insect vectors …

Effects of ivermectin treatment of backyard chickens on mosquito dynamics and West Nile virus transmission

KM Holcomb, C Nguyen, BD Foy, M Ahn… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Vector control strategies typically rely on pesticides to target mosquitoes
involved in enzootic and zoonotic transmission of West Nile virus (WNV). Nevertheless …

Use of temperature to improve West Nile virus forecasts

NB DeFelice, ZD Schneider, E Little… - PLoS computational …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Ecological and laboratory studies have demonstrated that temperature modulates West Nile
virus (WNV) transmission dynamics and spillover infection to humans. Here we explore …