Evolution of life in urban environments

MTJ Johnson, J Munshi-South - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND The extent of urban areas is increasing around the world, and most humans
now live in cities. Urbanization results in dramatic environmental change, including …

Urban driven phenotypic changes: empirical observations and theoretical implications for eco-evolutionary feedback

M Alberti, J Marzluff, VM Hunt - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emerging evidence that cities drive micro-evolution raises the question of whether rapid
urbanization of Earth might impact ecosystems by causing systemic changes in functional …

Emergence of double-and triple-gene reassortant G1P [8] rotaviruses possessing a DS-1-like backbone after rotavirus vaccine introduction in Malawi

KC Jere, C Chaguza, N Bar-Zeev, J Lowe… - Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
To combat the high burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis, multiple African countries have
introduced rotavirus vaccines into their childhood immunization programs. Malawi …

Phylodynamics of dengue virus 2 in Nicaragua leading up to the 2019 epidemic reveals a role for lineage turnover

P Thongsripong, SV Edgerton, S Bos, S Saborío… - BMC Ecology and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease posing a significant threat to public
health. Dengue virus (DENV) evolution is often characterized by lineage turnover, which …

Challenges in dengue research: A computational perspective

J Lourenço, W Tennant, NR Faria… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The dengue virus is now the most widespread arbovirus affecting human populations,
causing significant economic and social impact in South America and South‐East Asia …

Origin and evolution of dengue virus type 2 causing outbreaks in Kenya: Evidence of circulation of two cosmopolitan genotype lineages

SK Langat, FL Eyase, IM Berry, A Nyunja… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dengue fever (DF) is an arboviral disease caused by dengue virus serotypes 1-4 (DENV 1-
4). Globally, DF incidence and disease burden have increased in the recent past. Initially …

Molecular epidemiology of dengue in Panama: 25 years of circulation

Y Díaz, M Chen-Germán, E Quiroz, JP Carrera… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent arbovirus in terms of human public health
importance globally. In addition to DENV epidemiological surveillance, genomic …

Application of a targeted-enrichment methodology for full-genome sequencing of Dengue 1-4, Chikungunya and Zika viruses directly from patient samples

US Kamaraj, JH Tan, O Xin Mei, L Pan… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The frequency of epidemics caused by Dengue viruses 1–4, Zika virus and Chikungunya
viruses have been on an upward trend in recent years driven primarily by uncontrolled …

Characterization of dengue virus 4 cases in Paraguay, 2019–2020

A Rojas, J Shen, F Cardozo, C Bernal, O Caballero… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
In 2019–2020, dengue virus (DENV) type 4 emerged to cause the largest DENV outbreak in
Paraguay's history. This study sought to characterize dengue relative to other acute illness …

Urbanization and Infectious Disease

AF Dorsey - American Journal of Human Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The United Nations currently estimates that over half of the global population
has lived in cities since 2017 and that this proportion is continuing to grow, particularly in the …