Water, Agriculture and Vector-Borne Diseases

Effects of agriculture an vector-borne diseases

Effects of agriculture an vector-borne diseases

Control and Management of Vector-Borne Diseases in Disaster Conditions

Disasters are a set of unexpected situations that occur as a result of natural misadventure or human manipulations. Depending on the type, time, and location of the events, the insect population causing vector-borne diseases is affected, which may eventually lead to widespread epidemics. Parasitic diseases such as malaria, leishmaniosis, arboviral diseases such as dengue fever, West Nile enceph...

Vector-Borne Viral Diseases

1 Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06512, USA 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA 3Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China 4 Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Soocho...

Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases.

Several mosquito-borne viral infections have recently emerged in North America; West Nile virus is the most common in the United States. Although West Nile virus generally causes a self-limited, flulike febrile illness, a serious neuroinvasive form may occur. Dengue is the most common vector-borne viral disease worldwide, and it has been a significant public health threat in the United States s...