[HTML][HTML] Current advances in Zika vaccine development

Y Wang, L Ling, Z Zhang, A Marin-Lopez - Vaccines, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging arthropod-borne flavivirus, was first isolated in Uganda in
1947 from monkeys and first detected in humans in Nigeria in 1952; it has been associated …

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus: current knowledge and emerging perspectives

L Jiménez-Cabello, S Utrilla-Trigo, G Lorenzo, J Ortego… - Microorganisms, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) of ruminants is a viral pathology that has significant
welfare, social, and economic implications. The causative agent, epizootic hemorrhagic …

A mosquito salivary protein-driven influx of myeloid cells facilitates flavivirus transmission

Z Wang, K Nie, Y Liang, J Niu, X Yu, O Zhang… - The EMBO …, 2024‏ - embopress.org
Mosquitoes transmit many disease-relevant flaviviruses. Efficient viral transmission to
mammalian hosts requires mosquito salivary factors. However, the specific salivary …

A mosquito salivary protein promotes flavivirus transmission by activation of autophagy

P Sun, K Nie, Y Zhu, Y Liu, P Wu, Z Liu, S Du… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Transmission from an infected mosquito to a host is an essential process in the life cycle of
mosquito-borne flaviviruses. Numerous studies have demonstrated that mosquito saliva …

Malaria: influence of Anopheles mosquito saliva on Plasmodium infection

G Arora, YM Chuang, P Sinnis, G Dimopoulos… - Trends in …, 2023‏ - cell.com
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium protozoa that are transmitted by anopheline mosquitoes.
Plasmodium sporozoites are released with saliva when an infected female mosquito takes a …

Understanding pathogen survival and transmission by arthropod vectors to prevent human disease

C Barillas-Mury, JMC Ribeiro, JG Valenzuela - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Many endemic poverty-associated diseases, such as malaria and leishmaniasis, are
transmitted by arthropod vectors. Pathogens must interact with specific molecules in the …

An atlas of human vector-borne microbe interactions reveals pathogenicity mechanisms

TM Hart, ND Sonnert, X Tang, R Chaurasia, PE Allen… - Cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
Vector-borne diseases are a leading cause of death worldwide and pose a substantial
unmet medical need. Pathogens binding to host extracellular proteins (the" exoproteome") …

The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity

A Marin-Lopez, JD Huck, AT Esterly, V Azcutia… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a vector of many infectious agents, including flaviviruses
such as Zika virus. Components of mosquito saliva have pleomorphic effects on the …

Safety and immunogenicity of a mosquito saliva peptide-based vaccine: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 1 trial

JE Manning, F Oliveira, IV Coutinho-Abreu, S Herbert… - The Lancet, 2020‏ - thelancet.com
Background In animal models, immunity to mosquito salivary proteins protects animals
against mosquito-borne disease. These findings provide a rationale to vaccinate against …

Aedes Mosquito Salivary Components and Their Effect on the Immune Response to Arboviruses

D Guerrero, T Cantaert, D Missé - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Vector-borne diseases are responsible for over a billion infections each year and nearly one
million deaths. Mosquito-borne dengue virus, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, Zika …