Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness that is often associated with severe
polyarthralgia in humans. The disease is caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito …

There has been growing interest in Europe in recent years in the establishment and spread
of invasive mosquitoes, notably the incursion of Aedes albopictus through the international …

Among the invasive mosquitoes registered all over the world, Aedes species are particularly
frequent and important. As several of them are potential vectors of disease, they present …

In September 2010, two cases of autochthonous dengue fever were diagnosed in
metropolitan France for the first time. The cases occurring in Nice, south-east France, where …

There are currently five invasive Aedes mosquito species known to be established in
Europe, namely Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti, Aedes japonicus, Aedes atropalpus and …

On 6 December 2013, two laboratory-confirmed cases of chikungunya without a travel
history were reported on the French part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, indicating …

The adaptation of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) to a new vector, the Aedes albopictus
mosquito, is a major factor contributing to its ongoing re-emergence in a series of large …

There has been much debate as to whether or not climate change will have, or has had, any
significant effect on risk from vector-borne diseases. The debate on the former has focused …

Global climate change is inevitable—the combustion of fossil fuels has resulted in a buildup
of greenhouse gases within the atmosphere, causing unprecedented changes to the earth's …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging alphavirus that has caused significant disease
in the Indian Ocean region since 2005. During this outbreak, in addition to fever, rash and …