A 20-year historical review of West Nile virus since its initial emergence in North America: Has West Nile virus become a neglected tropical disease?

SE Ronca, JC Ruff, KO Murray - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2021 - journals.plos.org
After the unexpected arrival of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States in 1999, the
mosquito-borne virus quickly spread throughout North America. Over the past 20 years …

West Nile virus: review of the literature

LR Petersen, AC Brault, RS Nasci - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Since its introduction in North America in 1999, West Nile virus has produced the
3 largest arboviral neuroinvasive disease outbreaks ever recorded in the United States …

[HTML][HTML] Global risk map** for major diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

S Leta, TJ Beyene, EM De Clercq, K Amenu… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of this study was to map the global risk of the major arboviral
diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus by identifying areas where the …

Transmission of West Nile and five other temperate mosquito-borne viruses peaks at temperatures between 23 C and 26 C

MS Shocket, AB Verwillow, MG Numazu, H Slamani… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The temperature-dependence of many important mosquito-borne diseases has never been
quantified. These relationships are critical for understanding current distributions and …

Drivers, dynamics, and control of emerging vector-borne zoonotic diseases

AM Kilpatrick, SE Randolph - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Emerging vector-borne diseases are an important issue in global health. Many vector-borne
pathogens have appeared in new regions in the past two decades, while many endemic …

Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health

JE Bell, CL Brown, K Conlon, S Herring… - Journal of the Air & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Extreme weather and climate-related events affect human health by causing death, injury,
and illness, as well as having large socioeconomic impacts. Climate change has caused …

Present and future arboviral threats

SC Weaver, WK Reisen - Antiviral research, 2010 - Elsevier
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are important causes of human disease nearly
worldwide. All arboviruses circulate among wild animals, and many cause disease after …

Impact of daily temperature fluctuations on dengue virus transmission by Aedes aegypti

L Lambrechts, KP Paaijmans… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Most studies on the ability of insect populations to transmit pathogens consider only constant
temperatures and do not account for realistic daily temperature fluctuations that can impact …

“Bird biting” mosquitoes and human disease: a review of the role of Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in epidemiology

A Farajollahi, DM Fonseca, LD Kramer… - Infection, genetics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The transmission of vector-borne pathogens is greatly influenced by the ecology of their
vector, which is in turn shaped by genetic ancestry, the environment, and the hosts that are …

Climate change impacts on West Nile virus transmission in a global context

S Paz - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
West Nile virus (WNV), the most widely distributed virus of the encephalitic flaviviruses, is a
vector-borne pathogen of global importance. The transmission cycle exists in rural and …