The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

MUG Kraemer, ME Sinka, KA Duda, AQN Mylne… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

Global distribution and environmental suitability for chikungunya virus, 1952 to 2015

EO Nsoesie, MUG Kraemer, N Golding… - …, 2016 - eurosurveillance.org
Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV),
which is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. Although chikungunya fever is rarely …

Dengue vectors and their spatial distribution

Y Higa - Tropical medicine and health, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
© 2011 Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine Abstract: The distribution of dengue vectors,
Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus, is affected by climatic factors. In addition, since their life …

[HTML][HTML] Zika threatens to become a huge worldwide pandemic

A Troncoso - Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2016 - Elsevier
The Aedes aegypti mosquito which transmits Zika virus (as well as dengue, chikungunya
and yellow fever) represents a high risk for global transmission. This virus comes from Africa …

Modeling Dengue vector population using remotely sensed data and machine learning

JM Scavuzzo, F Trucco, M Espinosa, CB Tauro, M Abril… - Acta tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes are vectors of many human diseases. In particular, Aedes ægypti (Linnaeus) is
the main vector for Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika viruses in Latin America and it …

Mapping the global geographic potential of Zika virus spread

AM Samy, SM Thomas, AAE Wahed… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
The Americas are presently experiencing the most serious known outbreak of Zika virus
(ZIKV). Here, we present a novel set of analyses using environmental characteristics, vector …

Dengue vector surveillance programs: a review of methodological diversity in some endemic and epidemic countries

AH Azil, M Li, CR Williams - Asia Pacific Journal of Public …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Vector surveillance is a cornerstone of dengue management yet there is a diversity of
surveillance programs evident internationally. Such diversity is described in this review to …

Current and Projected Distributions of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus in Canada and the US

SU Khan, NH Ogden, AA Fazil… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are mosquito vectors of more than 22
arboviruses that infect humans. Objectives: Our objective was to develop regional ecological …

Modelling the spatial and seasonal distribution of suitable habitats of schistosomiasis intermediate host snails using Maxent in Ndumo area, KwaZulu-Natal Province …

T Manyangadze, MJ Chimbari, M Gebreslasie… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne disease endemic in sub-Saharan Africa
transmitted by freshwater snails. The distribution of schistosomiasis coincides with that of the …

A 21st century approach to tackling dengue: Crowdsourced surveillance, predictive mapping and tailored communication

MO Lwin, S Vijaykumar, ONN Fernando, SA Cheong… - Acta tropica, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper describes a social media system to prevent dengue in Sri Lanka and potentially
in the rest of the South and Southeast Asia regions. The system integrates three concepts of …