[HTML][HTML] The impact of deforestation, urbanization, and changing land use patterns on the ecology of mosquito and tick-borne diseases in Central America

DI Ortiz, M Piche-Ovares, LM Romero-Vega, J Wagman… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Mosquito-borne diseases and their control strategies: an overview focused on green synthesized plant-based metallic nanoparticles

H Onen, MM Luzala, S Kigozi, RM Sikumbili… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mosquitoes are the carrier of pathogens that cause common human
diseases such as malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika, and West Nile. The use …

[HTML][HTML] The role of temperature in shaping mosquito-borne viruses transmission

R Bellone, AB Failloux - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mosquito-borne diseases having the greatest impact on human health are typically
prevalent in the tropical belt of the world. However, these diseases are conquering …

[HTML][HTML] Potential role of flavivirus NS2B-NS3 proteases in viral pathogenesis and anti-flavivirus drug discovery employing animal cells and models: a review

A Wahaab, BE Mustafa, M Hameed, NJ Stevenson… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses are known to cause a variety of diseases in humans in different parts of the
world. There are very limited numbers of antivirals to combat flavivirus infection, and …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue and Zika viruses: Epidemiological history, potential therapies, and promising vaccines

NM Silva, NC Santos, IC Martins - Tropical medicine and infectious …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dengue virus (DENV), which can lead to fatal hemorrhagic fever, affects 390 million people
worldwide. The closely related Zika virus (ZIKV) causes microcephaly in newborns and …

Antibody persistence and safety of a live-attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine up to 2 years after single-dose administration in adults in the USA: a single-arm …

R McMahon, S Toepfer, N Sattler… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Chikungunya virus infection can lead to long-term debilitating symptoms. A
precursor phase 3 clinical study showed high seroprotection (defined as a 50% plaque …

The one health perspective to improve environmental surveillance of zoonotic viruses: lessons from COVID-19 and outlook beyond

M Leifels, O Khalilur Rahman, IC Sam… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The human population has doubled in the last 50 years from about 3.7 billion to
approximately 7.8 billion. With this rapid expansion, more people live in close contact with …

[HTML][HTML] Yellow fever epizootics in non-human primates, Southeast and Northeast Brazil (2017 and 2018)

MAMM Mares-Guia, MA Horta, A Romano… - Parasites & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Yellow fever (YF) is a severe, infectious, but non-communicable arboviral
hemorrhagic disease. In the last decades, yellow fever virus (YFV) infections have been …

[HTML][HTML] Differential yellow fever susceptibility in new world nonhuman primates, comparison with humans, and implications for surveillance

NCC de Azevedo Fernandes, JM Guerra… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A major outbreak of yellow fever (YF) occurred in Brazil during 2016–2018. Epizootics in
New World nonhuman primates are sentinel events for YF virus circulation. However, genus …

[HTML][HTML] Suppression of flavivirus transmission from animal hosts to mosquitoes with a mosquito-delivered vaccine

D Wen, LS Ding, Y Zhang, X Li, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Zoonotic viruses circulate in the natural reservoir and sporadically spill over into human
populations, resulting in endemics or pandemics. We previously found that the Chaoyang …