The Global Expansion of Dengue: How Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Enabled the First Pandemic Arbovirus

OJ Brady, SI Hay - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Dengue is an emerging viral disease principally transmitted by the Aedes (Stegomyia)
aegypti mosquito. It is one of the fastest-growing global infectious diseases, with 100–400 …

[HTML][HTML] Flight distance of mosquitoes (Culicidae): a metadata analysis to support the management of barrier zones around rewetted and newly constructed wetlands

PFM Verdonschot, AA Besse-Lototskaya - Limnologica, 2014 - Elsevier
Society responds to changes in climate and land use via mitigation measures, including
rainwater retention and storage in rewetted and newly constructed wetlands. Humans living …

Accelerating invasion potential of disease vector Aedes aegypti under climate change

T Iwamura, A Guzman-Holst, KA Murray - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases remain a major contributor to the global burden of disease, while
climate change is expected to exacerbate their risk. Characterising vector development rate …

[HTML][HTML] Facile green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Ulva lactuca seaweed extract and evaluation of their photocatalytic, antibiofilm and insecticidal …

R Ishwarya, B Vaseeharan, S Kalyani… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bioactivity of semiconductor nanocomplexes has been poorly studied in the field of
pesticide science. In this research, the synthesis of zinc nanoparticles was accomplished …

Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission

AA Hoffmann, BL Montgomery, J Popovici… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Genetic manipulations of insect populations for pest control have been advocated for some
time, but there are few cases where manipulated individuals have been released in the field …

Modelling adult Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus survival at different temperatures in laboratory and field settings

OJ Brady, MA Johansson, CA Guerra, S Bhatt… - Parasites & vectors, 2013 - Springer
Background The survival of adult female Aedes mosquitoes is a critical component of their
ability to transmit pathogens such as dengue viruses. One of the principal determinants of …

House-to-house human movement drives dengue virus transmission

ST Stoddard, BM Forshey… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease of growing global health importance. Prevention efforts
focus on mosquito control, with limited success. New insights into the spatiotemporal drivers …

HUMAN IMPACTS HAVE SHAPED HISTORICAL AND RECENT EVOLUTION IN AEDES AEGYPTI, THE DENGUE AND YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO

JE Brown, BR Evans, W Zheng, V Obas… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Although anthropogenic impacts are often considered harmful to species, human
modifications to the landscape can actually create novel niches to which other species can …

Environmentally-friendly green approach for the production of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their anti-fungal, ovicidal, and larvicidal properties

NA Al-Dhabi, M Valan Arasu - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Green synthesis of nanoparticles can be an important alternative compared to conventional
physio-chemical synthesis. We utilized Scadoxus multiflorus leaf powder aqueous extract as …

Beyond insecticides: new thinking on an ancient problem

EA McGraw, SL O'neill - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Vector-borne disease is one of the greatest contributors to human mortality and morbidity
throughout the tropics. Mosquito-transmitted diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever …