Infectious diseases prevalent in humans and animals are caused by pathogens that once
emerged from other animal hosts. In addition to these established infections, new infectious …

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are important causes of human disease nearly
worldwide. All arboviruses circulate among wild animals, and many cause disease after …

Offering unparalleled coverage of infectious diseases in children and adolescents, Feigin &
Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 8th Edition, continues to provide the …

Emerging viral diseases are often the product of a host shift, where a pathogen jumps from
its original host into a novel species. Phylogenetic studies show that host shifts are a …

Vector-borne diseases are emerging at an increasing rate and comprise a disproportionate
share of all emerging infectious diseases. Yet, the key ecological and evolutionary …

For RNA viruses, rapid viral evolution and the biological similarity of closely related host
species have been proposed as key determinants of the occurrence and long-term outcome …

Microbiologic infections acquired from animals, known as zoonoses, pose a risk to public
health. An estimated 60% of emerging human pathogens are zoonotic. Of these …

Background A Chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak hit La Réunion Island in 2005–2006. The
implicated vector was Aedes albopictus. Here, we present the first study on the susceptibility …

This review will cover zoonotic, encephalitic alphaviruses in the family Togaviridae.
Encephalitic alphaviruses, ie Western-(WEEV), Eastern-(EEEV), Venezuelan equine …

Arboviruses are transmitted in nature exclusively or to a major extend by arthropods. They
belong to the most important viruses invading new areas in the world and their occurrence is …