Untargeted Alternative Routes of Arbovirus Transmission

• Other Authors: Pompon, Julien (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; mosquito; culicidae; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; emergence; arbovirus; emerging diseases; vector competence; spill-over; blood-feeding; bridge vector; arboviruses; vesicular stomatitis virus; Culicoides midges; non-conventional transmission; venereal transmission; reproductive anatomy; mating behavior; Zika virus; vertical transmission; mosquito control; replacement strategy; Wolbachia; environmental factors; viral adaptation; zika virus; dengue virus; mosquito surveillance; Thailand; transmission efficiency; vector capacity; susceptibility; dengue; DENV-4; epidemic; Lao PDR; phylogeny; Aedes vectors; Mayaro; emerging arbovirus; alphavirus; Togaviridae; Aedes; disease severity
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Arboviruses have become global threats. Common to Dengue, Zika, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Mayaro viruses is their ability to be transmitted by mosquitoes. Several strategies based on transgenics or microbiology are currently being field-tested. While this approach seems hopeful, the research co...