[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya: an emerging public health concern

O Mourad, L Makhani, LH Chen - Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The worldwide spread of chikungunya over the past two
decades calls for greater knowledge and awareness of the virus, its route of transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic generation time of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: An observational study of household transmission

M Manica, A De Bellis, G Guzzetta… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Starting from the final months of 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
expanded globally, swiftly replacing Delta, the variant that was dominant at the time. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial analysis of mosquito-borne diseases in Europe: a scoping review

S Moutinho, J Rocha, A Gomes, B Gomes, AI Ribeiro - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mosquito-borne infections are increasing in endemic areas and previously unaffected
regions. In 2020, the notification rate for Dengue was 0.5 cases per 100,000 population, and …

Estimation of the incubation period and generation time of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants from contact tracing data

M Manica, M Litvinova, A De Bellis… - Epidemiology & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Quantitative information on epidemiological quantities such as the incubation period and
generation time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and the rising incidence of vector-borne diseases globally

AM George, R Ansumana, DK de Souza… - International Journal of …, 2024 - ijidonline.com
As the world experiences warmer weather, heat waves and flooding, the climate change is
leading to the geographical expansion of mosquitos, which are known vectors of a range of …

[HTML][HTML] Diel activity patterns of vector mosquito species in the urban environment: Implications for vector control strategies

ABB Wilke, A Mhlanga, AG Kummer… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Mathematical models have been widely used to study the population dynamics of
mosquitoes as well as to test and validate the effectiveness of arbovirus outbreak responses …

Estimating SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in educational settings: A retrospective cohort study

M Manica, P Poletti, S Deandrea… - Influenza and other …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background School closures and distance learning have been extensively adopted to
counter the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, the contribution of school transmission to the …

[HTML][HTML] How habitat factors affect an Aedes mosquitoes driven outbreak at temperate latitudes: The case of the Chikungunya virus in Italy

A Solimini, C Virgillito, M Manica, P Poletti… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Outbreaks of Aedes-borne diseases in temperate areas are not frequent, and
limited in number of cases. We investigate the associations between habitat factors and …

[HTML][HTML] Reporting delays of chikungunya cases during the 2017 outbreak in Lazio region, Italy

M Manica, G Marini, A Solimini… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Emerging arboviral diseases in Europe pose a challenge due to difficulties in
detecting and diagnosing cases during the initial circulation of the pathogen. Early outbreak …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the effects of temperature and heterogeneous biting exposure on chikungunya virus disease dynamics

E Lusekelo, M Helikumi, D Kuznetsov… - Informatics in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Within the last decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne arboviral disease
transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes has been a growing public health burden …