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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"mosquito-borne"”.
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Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices: Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission in Southwest Virginia
… temperate climate is suitable for several mosquito species capable of transmitting pathogens to humans. In southwest Virginia, La Crosse encephalitis and West Nile fever are most prominent. The objective of this research, which uses the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical framework, …
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Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention: Building Resilient Communities in the US-Mexico Border
Background: Mosquito-borne diseases are increasingly contributing to epidemic threats, particularly in regions like the US-Mexico border where the Aedes aegypti mosquito is expanding due to climate and socioeconomic changes. Recent outbreaks, such as the 2014 dengue surge in Yuma, Arizona, and …
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The Structure and Replication of Semliki Forest Virus, A Mosquito-Borne Animal Virus
<p>Semliki Forest virus is a group A arthropod-borne virus which contains RNA and possesses a lipoprotein envelope. It can be transmitted among animals by mosquitoes in which it multiplies, but its natural host is not known. The virus grows to high titer in a number of types of vertebrate cells in …
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Characterization of Host Factors and Anti-viral Compounds for Diverse Mosquito-borne Flaviviruses
… targeted depletion of EMC subunits in live mosquitos significantly reduced DENV-2 propagation in vivo. In addition, the accumulation of DENV proteins shortly after infection in EMC4 knockout cells was significantly reduced, suggesting that the EMC promotes viral protein biogenesis. </p><p>We …
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Battle of the Viruses: Aripo Virus Induced Superinfection Exclusion of Mosquito-borne Viruses
… vectors, the most common vector being the mosquito. Currently, many mosquito control strategies are in use, these control strategies are diverse in both efficiency and cost. However, developing new vector control strategies is becoming increasingly important, due to climate changing …
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Strategies for Reducing Mosquito-Borne Disease Vulnerability in Equine Populations: A Kentucky Case Study
… to the spread of West Nile virus and other mosquito-bome disease. I hypothesize that there is a relationship between equine management practices and outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease in horse populations. Improved and appropriate mosquito habitat management may limit the risk of …
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Perceptions of measures to control Aedes mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in Costa Rica
Aedes mosquitoes are responsible for the transmission of several arboviruses throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In the Americas, Aedes aegypti is the most competent vector of dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever. With up to 400 million cases globally each year, dengue …
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The Effect of Precipitation on the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: A Case Study of Florida Counties
… as the fastest growing in the entire country. A mosquito bite may mean the transmission of a virus or disease which might be fatal. Hence, there is a need for the state to control mosquitoes through the various Departments of Mosquito Control in each of its sixty-seven (67) counties. Six locally …
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Characterization of a Newly Identified Alphavirus, Eilat Virus
Most alphaviruses are mosquito-borne and exhibit a broad host range, infecting many different vertebrates including birds, rodents, equids, humans, and nonhuman primates as well as mosquito species encompassing at least eight genera. The ability of alphaviruses to infect both arthropods and …
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Modulation of Alphaviruses by Small RNAs
Mosquito-borne diseases remain a significant burden on global public health. Maintenance of mosquito-borne viruses in nature requires a biological transmission cycle that involves alternating virus replication in a susceptible vertebrate and mosquito host. Although infection of the vertebrate host …
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Aptamer-based sequence verification platform for rapid multiplexed detection of viral RNA targets
… platforms that target globally impactful mosquito-borne viral diseases and pathogens, including Dengue virus and Malaria, as well as the viruses that they are often misdiagnosed with, like Zika and Chikungunya viruses. With these platforms, we demonstrate both a quantitative and …
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New tools for the study of virus-vector interactions in mosquitoes
Mosquito-borne diseases continue to be a burden to global health. The viruses that cause these diseases are maintained in nature through a biological transmission cycle involving susceptible vertebrate and mosquito hosts. While knowledge of the interactions occurring between mosquito-borne viruses …
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Intersecting Threats: Exploring Obesity's Impact on Viral Pathogenesis and Transmission
… syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and mosquito-borne viruses like West Nile Virus (WNV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Mayaro virus (MAYV) and reduce the vaccine efficacy for influenza and SARS-CoV-2. Obesity is associated with a chronic state of inflammation and dysregulated immune …
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Dynamics of La Crosse virus: Surveillance, Control and Effect on Vector Behavior
… is the most common and important endemic mosquito-borne disease of children in the U.S. with an estimated 300,000 annual infections. The disease is maintained in a zoonotic cycle involving the eastern treehole mosquito, Aedes triseriatus and small woodland mammals such as chipmunks and …
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Improved estimates of risk of exposure to pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes
The exposure of humans to mosquitoes that carry infectious pathogens is a central component to assess the risk of people becoming infected with the pathogen and succumbing to a range of illness. Mosquito-borne illnesses are increasing, but the understanding of the effect of exposure to mosquitoes …
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Modeling, Dynamics and Optimal Control of West Nile Virus with Seasonality
West Nile virus (WNv) is a mosquito-borne disease which arrived in Canada in 2001. It has kept spreading across the country and still remains a threat to public health. In this dissertation, we formulate dynamical models and apply theory of dynamical systems to investigate the behavior of the …
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Dengue Fever: An Examination and Case Study
Dengue Fever is a mosquito-borne disease found primarily in tropical regions of the Earth. Although not prevalent in much of the western world, dengue appears to be an emerging virus, which prompts a need for further understanding. The purpose of this study is to provide a general overview of the …
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Freirean Codes: A Transformative Educational Tool for Community Empowerment and Arboviral Control in Kenya
… the highly anthropophilic <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito, while Chikungunya is caused by an alphavirus also transmitted by <em>Aedes</em> specie mosquitoes. In May 2016, WHO received a report from the Ministry of Health in Kenya about a Dengue and Chikungunya outbreak in the Mandera Eastern …
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Investigation of mosquito (diptera: culicidae)-borne viruses circulating in some selected areas of Lusaka district, Zambia.
Mosquito-borne viruses are RNA viruses cutting across different virus families and genera of emerging and re-emerging viruses that account for millions of disease incidences annually worldwide. Since the circulation of viruses in vectors heralds an outbreak of diseases, this present cross-sectional …
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Investigation of mosquito (diptera: culicidae)-borne viruses circulating in some selected areas of Lusaka district, Zambia.
Mosquito-borne viruses are RNA viruses cutting across different virus families and genera of emerging and re-emerging viruses that account for millions of disease incidences annually worldwide. Since the circulation of viruses in vectors heralds an outbreak of diseases, this present cross-sectional …
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