Chikungunya fever

K Bartholomeeusen, M Daniel, DA LaBeaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

Generating prophylactic immunity against arboviruses in vertebrates and invertebrates

DJ Rawle, LE Hugo, AL Cox, GJ Devine… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The World Health Organization recently declared a global initiative to control
arboviral diseases. These are mainly caused by pathogenic flaviviruses (such as dengue …

Zika virus: advancing a priority research agenda for preparedness and response

EM Lackritz, LC Ng, ETA Marques, IB Rabe… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2025 - thelancet.com
The 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic emerged in the Americas and rapidly spread throughout
the region and beyond, showing the epidemic potential of this mosquito-borne …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening adult mosquito surveillance in Africa for disease control: learning from the present

ZI Coulibaly, S Gowelo, I Traore, RB Mbewe… - Current opinion in insect …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Weak mosquito surveillance restricts effective disease control.•We advocate for
the development of mosquito surveillance strategic plans.•Centralized mosquito data …

Programmatic considerations and evidence gaps for chikungunya vaccine introduction in countries at risk of chikungunya outbreaks: Stakeholder analysis

M Auzenbergs, C Maure, H Kang, A Clark… - PLoS neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Chikungunya can have longstanding effects on health and quality of life. Alongside the
recent approval of the world's first chikungunya vaccine by the US Food and Drug …

Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in contrasting areas of the western regions of Burkina Faso: species diversity, abundance and their implications for …

DPA Kaboré, DD Soma, P Gil, M Kientega… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) can have a significant negative impact
on human health. The urbanization of natural environments and their conversion for …

Humidity and temperature preference in two Neotropical species of sand flies

R Vivero-Gomez, D Duque-Granda, JA Rader… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Arthropods vector a multitude of human disease-causing organisms, and their
geographic ranges are shifting rapidly in response to changing climatic conditions. This is, in …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya vaccine development, challenges, and pathway toward public health impact

C Maure, K Khazhidinov, H Kang, M Auzenbergs… - Vaccine, 2024 - Elsevier
Chikungunya is a neglected tropical disease of growing public health concern with
outbreaks in more than 114 countries in Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe, and Oceania since …

Genome resequencing and genome-wide polymorphisms in mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from south India

P Acharya, US Singh, V Rajamannar, M Muniaraj… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes spread major vector-borne viral diseases
in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the globe. In this study, we sequenced the genome of …

Risk of Aedes-borne diseases in and around the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga despite community members being more concerned about malaria

AS Abas, AJ Simfukwe, JP Masalu, NF Kahamba… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Increased global trade, while beneficial economically, can also increase the
spread of vector-borne diseases, particularly those transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes …