[HTML][HTML] Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas: a historical and epidemiological perspective

JP Chippaux, A Chippaux - Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Yellow fever was transported during the slave trade in the 15th and 16th centuries from
Africa to the Americas where the virus encountered favorable ecological conditions that …

[HTML][HTML] Geometric morphometrics in mosquitoes: What has been measured?

C Lorenz, F Almeida, F Almeida-Lopes… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The field of morphometrics is develo** quickly. Recent advances have enabled geometric
techniques to be applied to many zoological problems, particularly those involving …

Morphometric wing characters as a tool for mosquito identification

ABB Wilke, RO Christe, LC Multini, PO Vidal… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of important infectious diseases, causing
millions of deaths every year and endangering approximately 3 billion people around the …

Transgenic mosquitoes–fact or fiction?

ABB Wilke, JC Beier, G Benelli - Trends in parasitology, 2018 - cell.com
Technologies for controlling mosquito vectors based on genetic manipulation and the
release of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) are gaining ground. However, concrete …

Community composition and year-round abundance of vector species of mosquitoes make Miami-Dade County, Florida a receptive gateway for arbovirus entry to the …

ABB Wilke, C Vasquez, J Medina, A Carvajal… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases are a heavy burden to human-kind. Global warming and urbanization
have a significant impact on vector-borne disease transmission, resulting in more severe …

Geometric morphometric wing analysis represents a robust tool to identify female mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany

FG Sauer, L Jaworski, L Erdbeer, A Heitmann… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Accurate species identification is the prerequisite to assess the relevance of mosquito
specimens, but is often hindered by missing or damaged morphological features. The …

Microgeographic population structuring of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

ABB Wilke, R Wilk-da-Silva, MT Marrelli - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Aedes aegypti is one of the species most favored by changes in the environment caused by
urbanization. Its abundance increases rapidly in the face of such changes, increasing the …

Wing morphometric variability in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from different urban built environments

R Wilk-da-Silva, MMC de Souza Leal Diniz… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Aedes aegypti is the main vector of the dengue, Zika and several other
arboviruses. It is highly adapted to urbanized environments and can be found worldwide …

The influence of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure and diversity of the malaria vector Anopheles cruzii (Diptera: Culicidae)

LC Multini, ALS de Souza, MT Marrelli, ABB Wilke - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fragmentation of natural environments as a result of human interference has been
associated with a decrease in species richness and increase in abundance of a few species …

[HTML][HTML] Microevolution of medically important mosquitoes–A review

L Suesdek - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
This review intends to discuss central issues regarding the microevolution of mosquito
(Culicidae) vectors of several pathogens and how this process impacts vector biology …