Origin and status of Culex pipiens mosquito ecotypes

Y Haba, L McBride - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The northern house mosquito Culex pipiens sensu stricto is one of the most important
disease vector mosquitoes in temperate zones across the northern hemisphere, responsible …

The Role of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Virus Transmission in Europe

VA Brugman, LM Hernández-Triana… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the past three decades, a range of mosquito-borne viruses that threaten public and
veterinary health have emerged or re-emerged in Europe. Mosquito surveillance activities …

The knowns and unknowns of West Nile virus in Europe: what did we learn from the 2018 outbreak?

JV Camp, N Nowotny - Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne human and animal
pathogen with nearly worldwide distribution. In Europe, the virus is endemic with seasonal …

Emergence of West Nile virus lineage 2 in Europe: a review on the introduction and spread of a mosquito-borne disease

LM Hernández-Triana, CL Jeffries… - Frontiers in public …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes fever and encephalitis in
humans, equines, and occasionally wild birds. The virus was first isolated in sub-Saharan …

Understanding West Nile virus ecology in Europe: Culex pipiens host feeding preference in a hotspot of virus emergence

A Rizzoli, L Bolzoni, EA Chadwick, G Capelli… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Understanding wildlife disease ecology is becoming an urgent need due to the
continuous emergence and spread of several wildlife zoonotic diseases. West Nile Virus …

Climate change projections of West Nile virus infections in Europe: implications for blood safety practices

JC Semenza, A Tran, L Espinosa, B Sudre… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes in both urban as
well as in rural environments and can be pathogenic in birds, horses and humans. Extrinsic …

Identifying the environmental conditions favouring West Nile virus outbreaks in Europe

M Marcantonio, A Rizzoli, M Metz, R Rosà, G Marini… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a globally important mosquito borne virus, with significant
implications for human and animal health. The emergence and spread of new lineages, and …

Avian Feeding Preferences of Culex pipiens and Culiseta spp. Along an Urban-to-Wild Gradient in Northern Spain

MA González, SW Prosser… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are regarded as annoying biting pests and vectors of
disease-causing agents to humans and other vertebrates worldwide. Factors that affect their …

Data-driven identification of potential Zika virus vectors

MV Evans, TA Dallas, BA Han, CC Murdock, JM Drake - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Zika is an emerging virus whose rapid spread is of great public health concern. Knowledge
about transmission remains incomplete, especially concerning potential transmission in …

Modelling West Nile virus transmission risk in Europe: effect of temperature and mosquito biotypes on the basic reproduction number

CBF Vogels, N Hartemink, CJM Koenraadt - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus which has caused repeated outbreaks
in humans in southern and central Europe, but thus far not in northern Europe. The main …