Not exact matches
Yellow fever is caused
by an
arbovirus of the family Flaviviridae, and is one of the smallest RNA viruses isolated.
Zika and chikungunya
arboviruses are transmitted
by Aedes mosquitoes, including the Asian tiger mosquito (Ae.
Mosquitoes samples were collected during a routine surveillance for
arbovirus in Kedougou, Southeastern Senegal from May to December 2011 as described previously [27] and pooled
by species into groups of up 50 individuals.
Like others
arbovirus (YFV, DENV, CHIKV) in this Kedougou region, ZIKV were found frequently at the end of the rainy season between September and December [2, 35], characterized
by the existence of a very diversified mosquito fauna and an old population of vectors that have taken several blood meals and thus are more likely to be infected
by contact with viremic hosts.
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an
arbovirus (Flaviviridae family genus flavivirus [1] transmitted
by mosquitoes.
arbovirus any of various viruses transmitted
by arthropods and including the causative agents of dengue fever, yellow fever, and some encephalitis
Increasing temperatures may also increase the risk of livestock diseases
by (i) supporting the dispersal of insects, e.g., Culicoides imicola, that are main vectors of several
arboviruses, e.g., bluetongue (BT) and African horse sickness (AHS); (ii) enhancing the survival of viruses from one year to the next; (iii) improving conditions for new insect vectors that are now limited
by colder temperatures (Wittmann and Baylis, 2000; Mellor and Wittmann, 2002; Colebrook and Wall, 2004; Gould et al., 2006).