• The infection, known as Zika fever or Zika virus disease, often causes no or only mild symptoms, similar to a very mild form of dengue fever. (wikipedia.org)
  • Infrequently, however, other arboviruses have become established as a human disease and spread in a mosquito-human-mosquito cycle, like the yellow fever virus and the dengue fever virus (both flaviviruses), and the chikungunya virus (a togavirus). (wikipedia.org)
  • Though the reason for the pandemic is unknown, dengue, a related arbovirus that infects the same species of mosquito vectors, is known in particular to be intensified by urbanization and globalization. (wikipedia.org)
  • I was also involved in other projects regarding SARS-CoV-2 variants and disease severity in infants (DOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.896352), Rift Valley fever virus epidemiology in humans and animals in Kenya (DOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000505), and dengue virus evolution in Africa (ongoing Ph.D. candidate mentorship). (stanford.edu)
  • Travel Grant: 16th International Course on Dengue, Zika, and other Emergent Arboviruses. (stanford.edu)
  • Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen (2013-2015), cholera in Iraq (2015), avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in Egypt, and dengue fever in Yemen, Sudan and Pakistan (2012-2015). (who.int)
  • 6. Dengue and severe dengue fever cases, the most widespread mosquito-borne infection in humans, remain an emerging public health problem in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • In the last fifty years, the geographical range of a number of mosquito-borne arboviral diseases has increased, including Zika, dengue, chikungunya and West Nile. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Until recently, only specialised laboratories were able to confirm dengue infection. (scielo.br)
  • OBJECTIVES To estimate the accuracy and reliability of the SD Bioeasy Dengue Duo rapid test and its components to detect dengue infections in a consecutive sample of symptomatic residents in the FD, Brazil. (scielo.br)
  • family: Flaviviridae, genus: Flavivirus), is an emerging zoonotic arbovirus that causes severe neuroinvasive disease in humans and has been implicated in the loss of breeding bird populations in Europe. (bvsalud.org)
  • West Nile virus (WNV) is a widespread zoonotic arbovirus and a threat to public health in Germany since its first emergence in 2018. (mdpi.com)
  • We combined multiple data sources to improve estimates of ZIKV infection attack rates (IARs), reporting rates of Zika virus disease (ZVD) and the risk of ZIKV-associated NC for 28 capital cities in Colombia. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Zika infections in adults may result rarely in Guillain-Barré syndrome. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cells are most susceptible to Zika infection when levels of IFITM3 are low. (wikipedia.org)
  • 7. As of June 2016, none of the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region has reported Zika virus infection but the risk remains considerable. (who.int)
  • Immediately report all suspected or confirmed cases of YF to local and state health departments, which then report immediately to the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (1-404-498-1600) or Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases (1-970-221-6400), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (medscape.com)
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases , 21 (1), 1-7. (cdc.gov)
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases , 21 (1), 8-15. (cdc.gov)
  • in Immunology and Infectious diseases, Ph.D. in Microbiology. (stanford.edu)
  • I have a Ph.D. in Microbiology, with an emphasis in Virology, and a Master's in Infectious Diseases. (stanford.edu)
  • 1. Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region continue to be hotspots for emerging and re- emerging infectious diseases. (who.int)
  • At least 11 of the 22 countries in the Region have reported epidemics of emerging infectious diseases over the past 10 years with the potential for global spread. (who.int)
  • 3. Political instability and civil conflict pose threats to the progress being made in the prevention and control of infectious diseases and provide opportunities for emerging health threats to evolve, without heed to political boundaries. (who.int)
  • 5. Over the past decade, countries of the Region have faced repeated outbreaks from emerging infectious diseases with the potential to cause a global health emergency. (who.int)
  • As a member of the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex, USUV is closely related to West Nile virus (WNV) and St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV), both neuroinvasive arboviruses endemic in wild bird populations in the United States. (bvsalud.org)
  • Infection by Taenia solium poses a major burden across endemic countries. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) 2021-2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases roadmap has proposed that 30% of endemic countries achieve intensified T. solium control in hyperendemic areas by 2030. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Yellow fever (YF) is a mosquito-borne infection that is caused by the YF virus and is endemic to Africa and South America. (medscape.com)
  • Multidrug-resistant strains and persistence of the pathogen in natural foci near human settlements pose severe risks to populations in plague-endemic regions and require outbreak response strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • Next-generation sequencing identified both isolates as Wesselsbron virus, family Flaviviridae, a neglected arbovirus of economic importance. (cdc.gov)
  • YF virus, an arbovirus, is the type species for the family Flaviviridae and is a single, positive-stranded, enveloped RNA virus. (medscape.com)
  • In January 2016, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel guidance on affected countries, including the use of enhanced precautions, and guidelines for pregnant women including considering postponing travel. (wikipedia.org)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). (medscape.com)
  • The MMWR series of publications is published by the Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Public Health Service, U.S. Depart- ment of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. (cdc.gov)
  • Morbidity and mortality were observed in the LAS chickens, but not HAS chickens. (bvsalud.org)
  • 10 birds/group), high mortality (60 %) was caused by strain H, in sharp contrast with a very low mortality (10 %) caused by strain Y which was isolated during outbreaks of the TMUV-related disease of young Jinding ducks in 2014 in the same region. (bvsalud.org)
  • While associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, POWV has historically been of little public health concern due to low incidence rates. (bioone.org)
  • Although mortality is less but the suffering from the disease is too much, even it may continue for several months. (actascientific.com)
  • EVEV belongs to a clade that includes both enzootic and epizootic/ epidemic VEEV subtypes. (bioone.org)
  • 2. The principal risk factors contributing to the emergence and rapid spread of epidemic diseases in the Region include acute and protracted humanitarian emergencies resulting in fragile health systems, increased population mobility (travel and displacement), rapid urbanization, climate change, weak surveillance and limited laboratory diagnostic capacity, and increased human-animal interaction. (who.int)
  • After one year an epidemic of this disease was observed by Christie, which was published later in the British Medical Journal. (actascientific.com)
  • Like other enzootic VEEV subtypes, muroid rodents are important vertebrate hosts for EVEV and certain mosquitoes are important vectors. (bioone.org)
  • Slaughterhouses in South Sudan mirror the economic losses resulting from organ and carcass condemnation due to livestock zoonotic and epizootic diseases such as bovine tuberculosis, cysticercosis, and hydatidosis. (unza.zm)
  • We present a modelling pipeline using local seroprevalence data to obtain national disease burden estimates by disease stage. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Firstly, local seroprevalence information is used to estimate spatio-temporal trends in the Force-of-Infection (FoI). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Building on existing evidence for mosquito blood-feeding on various frugivorous bat species in Uganda, and seroprevalence for arboviruses among bats in Uganda, we sought to assess if serum samples collected from bats in Uganda demonstrated evidence of exposure to ONNV or the closely related zoonotic chikungunya virus (CHIKV). (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, measures such as efficient control of bovine TB, distribution of pasteurised milk and its derivative products, and the diagnosis and monitoring of zoonotic TB in humans are essential steps, especially in developing countries where bovine TB is enzootic, and further studies are necessary. (scielo.br)
  • Bovine Tuberculosis, a disease of public health had the highest prevalence and financial losses. (unza.zm)
  • Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus circulates in enzootic cycles between rodent hosts and mosquito vectors in Mexico, Central and South America [ 16 ] and has a complex transmission cycle involving regular mutation of the virus, facilitating transmission to humans and horses through broadening of the vector and host ranges. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) set the elimination of Chagas disease intradomiciliary vectorial transmission as a goal by 2020. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Using disease modeling, epidemiological, and phylogenetic analysis, we study the genomic evolution and transmission dynamics of H5N1 avian influenza A after 2020. (stanford.edu)
  • Globalisation and climate change are expected to change the level of risk for emergence of vector-borne diseases in previously unaffected regions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Reported human cases have increased over the last few decades, primarily in Europe, with symptoms ranging from mild febrile illness to severe neurological effects. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, in recent years there have been a number of outbreaks of viral diseases spread by vectors in Europe. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since the circulation of viruses in vectors heralds an outbreak of diseases, this present cross-sectional study was undertaken from February to April 2022 to investigate the presence of mosquito-borne viruses in captured mosquitoes from six selected residential areas of Lusaka. (unza.zm)
  • The hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus and cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus are important EVEV hosts, based on natural infection (virus isolation and high seropositivity), host competence (experimental infections), and frequency of contact with the vector. (bioone.org)
  • BACKGROUND: Late relapsing hepatitis after yellow fever (LHep-YF) during the convalescent phase of the disease has been described during recent yellow fever (YF) outbreaks in Brazil. (stanford.edu)
  • Outbreaks of such diseases have a significant impact on health and economic development in the Region. (who.int)
  • Major infectious disease outbreaks that were detected, investigated and rapidly contained over the past five years include yellow fever in Sudan (2012), Middle East respiratory syndrome in Bahrain, Oman. (who.int)
  • These events, in conjunction with increasing rates of globalisation and climate change, have led to concern over the future risk of mosquito-borne viral disease outbreaks in northern Europe and have highlighted the importance of being prepared for potential disease outbreaks. (biomedcentral.com)
  • After confirmation of two human cases of Rift Valley fever (RVF) in March 2016 in the Kabale district of Uganda, an entomological investigation was conducted with a focus on mosquito species composition and abundance of known and potential mosquito vector species, and virus testing to identify species most likely involved in Rift Valley fever virus transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we assess several UK mosquito species for their potential to transmit arboviruses important for both equine and human health, as measured by the presence of viral RNA in saliva at different time points after taking an infective blood meal. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study adds to the number of Palaearctic mosquito species that demonstrate expectoration of viral RNA, for arboviruses of importance to human and equine health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This work adds to evidence that native mosquito species should be investigated further for their potential to vector zoonotic mosquito-borne arboviral disease of equines in northern Europe. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a viral disease transmitted by mainly two species of mosquitoes - Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus . (actascientific.com)
  • This female Aedes aegypti mosquito is shown here after landing on a human host. (medscape.com)
  • Three mosquito genera capable of transmitting arboviruses were identified in this study namely Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex mosquitoes. (unza.zm)
  • The need to prevent, detect and respond to any infectious disease that poses a persistent threat to global health security remains a national, regional and international priority. (who.int)
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, we also supported the Brazilian Ministry of Health with the SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis in human samples and also in the investigation of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA in surfaces of density public areas of Belo Horizonte. (stanford.edu)
  • Chikungunya fever, a re-emerging viral disease affecting both old and new world countries is caused by Chikungunya virus, an RNA virus belonging to Alphaviridae. (actascientific.com)
  • Human taeniasis (HTT) and human cysticercosis (HCC) age-prevalence data from 16 studies in Latin America, Africa and Asia were extracted through a systematic review. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Tembusu virus (TMUV) infection most commonly affects breeder and layer ducks during laying period, and can also affect young ducks below 7 weeks of age. (bvsalud.org)
  • Flavivirus), a close phylogenetic and ecological relative of West Nile virus, is a zoonotic virus that can cause neuroinvasive disease in humans. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although the majority of ZIKV infections are asymptomatic, the virus has been associated with congenital birth defects and neurological complications (NC) in adults. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • IFITM3 is a trans-membrane protein in a cell that is able to protect it from viral infection by blocking virus attachment. (wikipedia.org)
  • The vertebrate hosts of the virus were primarily monkeys in a so-called enzootic mosquito-monkey-mosquito cycle, with only occasional transmission to humans. (wikipedia.org)
  • produced JEV RNA in saliva after 21 days at 18 °C. For some mosquito-virus pairs, infection and salivary RNA titres reduced over time, suggesting unstable infection dynamics. (biomedcentral.com)
  • YF is a mosquito-borne infection that is caused by the YF virus. (medscape.com)
  • In humans, YF virus is transmitted to the mosquito from an ill human only during the initial 3-4 days of illness. (medscape.com)
  • Abu, Yusuf, Eshimutu 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. (unza.zm)
  • Juvenile commercial ISA Brown chickens were susceptible to infection by multiple USUV strains with evidence of cardiac lesions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Here we describe the first avian models of USUV infection with the development of viremia. (bvsalud.org)
  • The name chikungunya means "that which bends up" or "to become controlled"- due to bend down appearance following arthritis, which occurs in this disease [2]. (actascientific.com)
  • Following this in successive years Chikungunya-like disease was observed in St. Thomas Island, New Orleans and part of South Carolina of the United States in 1827 to 1828 [7]. (actascientific.com)
  • No human-to-human transmission is known. (medscape.com)
  • There has been no evidence of transmission of mosquito-borne arboviruses of equine or human health concern to date in the UK. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Both are mosquito-borne viruses that have emerged as fatal equine diseases, in Peru and Argentina respectively, within the last 25 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • International travel to and from the Region and the varying levels of capacity to early detect and diagnose an unknown pathogen remain significant risk factors for rapid international spread once such infections or diseases emerge in the Region. (who.int)
  • Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • The complex humanitarian emergencies and protracted conflicts have had a profound impact on the already fragile health systems in many countries in the Region, making the disease control and elimination efforts extremely difficult and challenging. (who.int)
  • BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified human zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) due to Mycobacterium bovis as a neglected issue in the developing world. (scielo.br)
  • Here, we report our investigation of a TMUV-caused fatal disease of Jingding ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) in Northeast China. (bvsalud.org)
  • It has become of particular relevance in Germany in 2019 due to its rapid geographical spread and the detection of the first human clinical cases. (mdpi.com)
  • Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water, including rainwater in tree holes, human-made water storage vessels, used vehicle tires, and in other collections of water in and about dwellings (eg, broken coconut shells, flower vases, gutters, tin cans, and water drums). (medscape.com)
  • The estimated ZVD reporting rate was 0.013 (95% CrI: 0.004-0.024), and 0.51 (95% CrI: 0.17-0.92) cases of ZIKV-associated NC were estimated to be reported per 10 000 ZIKV infections. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Over a 27-day period, 17 suspected, 2 presumptive, and 3 confirmed human cases were identified, and all 15 untreated 20 patients died. (cdc.gov)
  • We summarize the characteristics of 1,006 cases of human plague occurring in the United States over 113 years, beginning with the first documented case in 1900. (cdc.gov)
  • During 1926-1964, the geographic range of disease expanded rapidly, while the total number of reported cases fell. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings clearly demonstrated that the cluster 2.1 TMUV strain H is more pathogenic for 3-week-old ducklings as compared to the cluster 2.2 TMUV strain Y. The present study may enhance our understanding of pathogenicity of TMUV in young ducks, and will stimulate further studies on the pathogenesis of TMUV infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • USUV is maintained in an enzootic cycle between ornithophilic mosquitos and wild birds. (bvsalud.org)