[HTML][HTML] Mosquito management strategies in European rice fields: Environmental and public health perspectives

MA González, A Chaskopoulou, L Georgiou… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rice is a crucial food source and an important economic activity globally. Rice fields provide
habitats for birds and other organisms but also serve as ideal breeding grounds for …

Mechanistic models for West Nile virus transmission: a systematic review of features, aims and parametrization

MM de Wit, A Dimas Martins… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mathematical models within the Ross–Macdonald framework increasingly play a role in our
understanding of vector-borne disease dynamics and as tools for assessing scenarios to …

Drivers and epidemiological patterns of West Nile virus in Serbia

G Marini, MB Drakulovic, V Jovanovic… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen in Serbia,
where it has been detected as a cause of infection in humans since 2012. We analyzed and …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the temperature dependent extrinsic incubation period of West Nile Virus using Bayesian time delay models

M Vollans, J Day, S Cant, J Hood, AM Kilpatrick… - Journal of Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Summary West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that primarily infects birds.
Infections can spillover to humans and cause a spectrum of clinical symptoms, including …

Complex patterns of WNV evolution: a focus on the Western Balkans and Central Europe

S Šolaja, Š Goletić, L Veljović, D Glišić - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction West Nile Virus, an emerging zoonotic pathogen, has been circulating in Serbia
for over a decade, with its first detection in mosquitoes in 2010. Since then, the virus has led …

Molecular Xenomonitoring (MX) allows real-time surveillance of West Nile and Usutu virus in mosquito populations

C Bigeard, L Pezzi, R Klitting, N Ayhan… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
West Nile Virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) circulate through complex cryptic
transmission cycles involving mosquitoes as vectors, birds as amplifying hosts and several …

West Nile and Usutu viruses: current spreading and future threats in a warming northern Europe

J Laverdeur, H Amory, P Beckers, D Desmecht… - Frontiers in …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Climate change heavily threatens planetary and human health. Arboviral infections are best
studied using the One Health concept, due to their reliance on complex interactions between …

[HTML][HTML] An Inactivated West Nile Virus Vaccine Candidate Based on the Lineage 2 Strain

MF Vorovitch, KK Tuchynskaya, YA Kruglov… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: West Nile virus (WNV) is a rapidly growing problem worldwide. The lack of
emergency treatment and a safe licensed vaccine against WNV allows the virus to cause …

[HTML][HTML] First Detection of West Nile Virus Lineage 2 in Culex pipiens Vectors in Croatia

G Vignjević, N Bušić, N Turić, Z Varga, B Zana… - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
The West Nile virus (WNV) has recently become more widespread, posing a threat to both
human and animal health. In Western Europe, most outbreaks have been caused by WNV …

[HTML][HTML] Continuous and Dynamic Circulation of West Nile Virus in Mosquito Populations in Bucharest Area, Romania, 2017–2023

S Dinu, IG Stancu, AI Cotar, CS Ceianu, GV Pintilie… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen with a worldwide distribution. Climate
change and human activities have driven the expansion of WNV into new territories in …