The continued threat of emerging flaviviruses

TC Pierson, MS Diamond - Nature microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Flaviviruses are vector-borne RNA viruses that can emerge unexpectedly in human
populations and cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases including hepatitis …

[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 …

Emerging flaviviruses: the spread and resurgence of Japanese encephalitis, West Nile and dengue viruses

JS Mackenzie, DJ Gubler, LR Petersen - Nature medicine, 2004 - nature.com
Mosquito-borne flaviviruses provide some of the most important examples of emerging and
resurging diseases of global significance. Here, we describe three of them: the resurgence …

Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective

DM Tompkins, S Carver, ME Jones, M Krkošek… - Trends in …, 2015 - cell.com
We review the literature to distinguish reports of vertebrate wildlife disease emergence with
sufficient evidence, enabling a robust assessment of emergence drivers. For potentially …

Epidemiology of Usutu virus: the European scenario

T Vilibic-Cavlek, T Petrovic, V Savic, L Barbic, I Tabain… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus isolated in 1959 (Usutu River, Swaziland).
Previously restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, the virus was introduced in Europe in 1996 …

[HTML][HTML] Lineage 1 and 2 strains of encephalitic West Nile virus, central Europe

T Bakonyi, É Ivanics, K Erdélyi, K Ursu… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Two different West Nile virus (WNV) strains caused lethal encephalitis in a flock of
geese and a goshawk in southeastern Hungary in 2003 and 2004, respectively. During the …

Yellow fever: a disease that has yet to be conquered

ADT Barrett, S Higgs - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Yellow fever virus (YFV) is the prototype member of the genus Flavivirus, a group of viruses
that are transmitted between vertebrates by arthropod vectors. The virus is found in tropical …

West Nile virus: an overview of its spread in Europe and the Mediterranean basin in contrast to its spread in the Americas

HG Zeller, I Schuffenecker - … Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious …, 2004 - Springer
West Nile (WN) virus is a mosquito-transmitted flavivirus. It is widely distributed in Africa, the
Middle East, Asia, and southern Europe and was recently introduced to North America. Birds …

Ongoing and emerging arbovirus threats in Europe

L Barzon - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, arboviruses that are endemic in Europe have expanded their
geographic range and caused an increasing number of human outbreaks. These viruses …

Usutu virus: A new threat?

M Clé, C Beck, S Salinas, S Lecollinet… - Epidemiology & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging arbovirus that was first isolated in South Africa in 1959.
This Flavivirus is maintained in the environment through a typical enzootic cycle involving …