Zika virus (ZIKV), a previously obscure flavivirus closely related to dengue, West Nile,
Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever viruses, has emerged explosively since 2007 to …

Aedes mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, are
becoming major global health emergencies while old threats, such as yellow fever, are re …

Dengue is an arboviral infection that is hyperendemic in tropical and subtropical climates.
Clinical manifestations of dengue can range from asymptomatic infection to severe infection …

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) have a long history of emerging to infect humans, but
during recent decades, they have been spreading more widely and affecting larger …

There are an estimated 50 million infections per year with the dengue virus, which is
transmitted primarily by urban-adapted Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. This review summarizes …

Recently, the Vaccines to Vaccinate (v2V) initiative was reconfigured into the Partnership for
Dengue Control (PDC), a multi-sponsored and independent initiative. This redirection is …

© 2011 Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine Abstract: Dengue is the most important
arboviral disease of humans with over half of the world's population living in areas of risk …

Sex determination in the mosquito Aedes aegypti is governed by a dominant male-
determining factor (M factor) located within a Y chromosome–like region called the M locus …

A popular notion in sexual selection is that females are polyandrous and their offspring are
commonly sired by more than a single male. We now have large-scale evidence from …

Genetics can potentially provide new, species-specific, environmentally friendly methods for
mosquito control. Genetic control strategies aim either to suppress target populations or to …