Human coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses: underestimated opportunistic pathogens of the central nervous system?

M Desforges, A Le Coupanec, P Dubeau, A Bourgouin… - viruses, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Respiratory viruses infect the human upper respiratory tract, mostly causing mild diseases.
However, in vulnerable populations, such as newborns, infants, the elderly and immune …

Emerging and re-emerging vector-borne infectious diseases and the challenges for control: a review

B Chala, F Hamde - Frontiers in public health, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Vector-borne emerging and re-emerging diseases pose considerable public health problem
worldwide. Some of these diseases are emerging and/or re-emerging at increasing rates …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging arboviruses: Why today?

E Gould, J Pettersson, S Higgs, R Charrel… - One health, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The recent global (re) emergence of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as
chikungunya and Zika virus, was widely reported in the media as though it was a new …

Epidemic arboviral diseases: priorities for research and public health

A Wilder-Smith, DJ Gubler, SC Weaver… - The Lancet infectious …, 2017‏ - thelancet.com
For decades, arboviral diseases were considered to be only minor contributors to global
mortality and disability. As a result, low priority was given to arbovirus research investment …

[HTML][HTML] Japanese encephalitis virus: the emergence of genotype IV in Australia and its potential endemicity

JS Mackenzie, DT Williams, AF van den Hurk… - Viruses, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
A fatal case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) occurred in northern Australia in early 2021.
Sequence studies showed that the virus belonged to genotype IV (GIV), a genotype …

The emergence of arthropod-borne viral diseases: A global prospective on dengue, chikungunya and zika fevers

SV Mayer, RB Tesh, N Vasilakis - Acta tropica, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) present a substantial threat to human and animal
health worldwide. Arboviruses can cause a variety of clinical presentations that range from …

[HTML][HTML] Zika virus: History, epidemiology, transmission, and clinical presentation

BH Song, SI Yun, M Woolley, YM Lee - Journal of neuroimmunology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae
(genus Flavivirus), is now causing an unprecedented large-scale outbreak in the Americas …

Characterization of a novel murine model to study Zika virus

SL Rossi, RB Tesh, SR Azar… - … American journal of …, 2016‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is responsible for an explosive ongoing outbreak of
febrile illness across the Americas. ZIKV was previously thought to cause only a mild, flu-like …

Assessing the global threat from Zika virus

J Lessler, LH Chaisson, LM Kucirka, Q Bi, K Grantz… - Science, 2016‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND First discovered in 1947, Zika virus (ZIKV) received little attention until a
surge in microcephaly cases was reported after a 2015 outbreak in Brazil. The size of the …

The concept of one health applied to the problem of zoonotic diseases

MNF Shaheen - Reviews in medical virology, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Zoonotic diseases are a burden on healthcare systems globally, particularly
underdeveloped nations. Numerous vertebrate animals (eg, birds, mammals and reptiles) …