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Medicine, General & Internal
DeAnna J. Friedman-Klabanoff, Megan Birkhold, Mara T. Short, Timothy R. Wilson, Claudio R. Meneses, Joshua R. Lacsina, Fabiano Oliveira, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Sally Hunsberger, Allyson Mateja, Gregory Stoloff, Olga Pleguezuelos, Matthew J. Memoli, Matthew B. Laurens
Summary: This study evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of a mosquito salivary peptide vaccine in healthy adults. The results showed that the vaccine had a favorable safety profile and induced robust immune responses. Further research will determine if the vaccine translates into clinical efficacy against mosquito-borne diseases.
Editorial Material
Biology
Robert T. Jones, Thomas H. Ant, Mary M. Cameron, James G. Logan
Summary: Mosquito-borne diseases pose a growing global health challenge, with a need for innovative and diverse control technologies. Various technologies are currently under development, ranging from genetic modifications to alterations in housing design.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Mathematics, Applied
Arti Mishra
Summary: Human behavior plays a crucial role in the spread of emerging infectious diseases, with efforts made by the media to raise awareness during disease outbreaks. A vector-host model has been proposed to understand the impact of media on vector-borne diseases. The model includes the effect of media on transmission rate, transforming it into two switching subsystems with a switching surface dependent on susceptible human and infected mosquito population.
MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES
(2021)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Jiang Xu, Tao Chen, Xiangdan Wen
Summary: In this paper, a stochastic Bailey-Dietz model with standard incidence under Markovian switching is proposed to study the spread of the vector-borne disease. Sufficient criteria for persistence in the mean of the disease and positive recurrence of the solutions to the model are derived, along with conditions for complete eradication of the infectious disease. Concluding remarks and future directions are also presented.
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
(2021)
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Parasitology
Marie Edvinsson, Camilla Norlander, Kenneth Nilsson, Andreas Martensson, Elisabet Skoog, Bjorn Olsen
Summary: Antibodies to Bartonella were more common in Swedish patients than in healthy Swedish blood donors, but lower than in blood donors from southern Europe. Positive Bartonella serology was not linked to any specific symptom, nor to suspected tick-bite exposure.
PARASITES & VECTORS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ishwor Thapa, Dario Ghersi
Summary: Vector-borne infectious diseases pose a growing threat to public health globally, causing over 700,000 deaths annually. A recent study showed that Aedes mosquitoes, known vectors for diseases like dengue and Zika, are preferentially attracted to infected hosts. Through an agent-based model, researchers found that reducing the preferential attraction of mosquitoes to infected hosts can significantly reduce viral transmission.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Van Hai Khong, Philippe Carmona, Sylvain Gandon
Summary: Seasonality can have unpredictable effects on the persistence of vector-borne diseases, as it varies across different stages of the pathogen's life cycle. This study uses a general disease model to analyze the impact of periodic fluctuations on the basic reproduction ratio of the pathogen. The analysis reveals that seasonal variations in vector density or biting rate can either increase or decrease pathogen persistence, depending on the covariance between key compartments of the epidemiological model.
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Onyekwere Joseph Okoro, Gideon Gywa Deme, Charles Obinwanne Okoye, Sabina Chioma Eze, Elijah Chibueze Odii, Janet Temitope Gbadegesin, Emmanuel Sunday Okeke, Greater Kayode Oyejobi, Raphael Nyaruaba, Chike Chukwuenyem Ebido
Summary: Mosquitoes and snails in the African ecoregion are commonly found freshwater organisms that can transmit devastating diseases. The increasing population distributions of these organisms are directly associated with the rising vector-borne diseases in Africa. Further studies on the environmental conditions and vectorial capacities are needed to guide policymakers in controlling these diseases.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Biology
Mario Ignacio Simoy, Juan Pablo Aparicio
Summary: A new vector-borne disease model was developed to incorporate the characteristics of mosquito feeding behavior, successfully estimating the biting rate in the Ross-Macdonald model. Analysis of the SIS-SI and SIR-SI models showed very similar disease dynamics when the basic reproduction number was estimated to be the same for both models.
BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Mathematics, Applied
Meiyu Cao, Jiantao Zhao, Jinliang Wang, Ran Zhang
Summary: This paper constructs a reaction-diffusion vector-borne disease model with age-space structure and multiple transmission routes. Mathematical analysis is used to determine the conditions for local and global stability, as well as predict the persistence of the disease.
COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
(2023)
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
P. Veeresha, Naveen S. Malagi, D. G. Prakasha, Haci Mehmet Baskonus
Summary: In this work, the approximated analytical solution for the fractional order vector-borne diseases model is found and analyzed using q-HATM method. It is discovered that the investigated model is notably dependent on the time chronology and time instant, which can be effectively studied with the help of arbitrary order calculus idea.
Review
Ecology
Tejas S. Athni, Marta S. Shocket, Lisa I. Couper, Nicole Nova, Iain R. Caldwell, Jamie M. Caldwell, Jasmine N. Childress, Marissa L. Childs, Giulio A. De Leo, Devin G. Kirk, Andrew J. MacDonald, Kathryn Olivarius, David G. Pickel, Steven O. Roberts, Olivia C. Winokur, Hillary S. Young, Julian Cheng, Elizabeth A. Grant, Patrick M. Kurzner, Saw Kyaw, Bradford J. Lin, Ricardo C. Lopez, Diba S. Massihpour, Erica C. Olsen, Maggie Roache, Angie Ruiz, Emily A. Schultz, Muskan Shafat, Rebecca L. Spencer, Nita Bharti, Erin A. Mordecai
Summary: Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) have far-reaching impacts beyond human morbidity and mortality, shaping human history through mechanisms such as demographic impacts, differential effects on populations, and weaponization for power hierarchies. By examining case studies from different diseases and time periods, it is evident that VBDs influence society and culture in diverse ways.
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Entomology
Jesus Sotomayor-Bonilla, Enrique Del Callejo-Canal, Constantino Gonzalez-Salazar, Gerardo Suzan, Christopher R. Stephens
Summary: Given the significant impact of mosquito-borne flaviviruses on human and animal health, understanding their transmission cycles is crucial. By using a spatial datamining framework based on co-occurrence data, this study predicts potential vectors and important mosquito and mammal species in the transmission cycles of Dengue, Yellow fever, West Nile Virus, and St. Louis encephalitis in Mexico. This approach helps in improving disease surveillance efforts and providing valuable information for public health and biodiversity conservation.
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Ruairi Donnelly, Christopher A. Gilligan
Summary: Previous reports suggesting low transmission efficiency of cassava mosaic geminivirus (CMB) in Bemisia tabaci whitefly had diminished the importance of whitefly in CMB epidemics. However, recent studies indicate synergies between B. tabaci and CMB, calling for a reconsideration of their role. This paper analyzed the retention period and infectiousness of CMB-carrying B. tabaci, as well as B. tabaci susceptibility to CMB. The findings support the re-calibration of retention periods for other important insect-borne plant pathogens and highlight the high susceptibility of B. tabaci to CMB.
PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Mathematics
Yanlin Ding, Jianjun Jiao
Summary: In this study, a vector-borne epidemic model with multi-edge infection on complex networks is developed. The basic reproduction number R-0 is calculated using the next-generation matrix method, and it is found that the disease-free equilibrium E-0 is globally asymptotically stable if R-0 < 1, while a unique globally attractive endemic equilibrium i* = (i*(1), i*(2), . . . i*(n)) exists if R-0 > 1. Furthermore, three control strategies are proposed for managing the spread of infectious diseases. Lastly, numerical simulations are conducted to demonstrate the theoretical findings.
