Epidemiology and Molecular Surveillance of Arbovirus Infections
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Viral Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 97
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Interests: chikungunya virus; dengue virus; arbovirus; hemorragic virus
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Dear Colleagues,
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted by hematophagous arthropods to a vertebrate host. Arboviruses are widespread on all continents, causing great concern for public health. The most widespread arbovirus is Orthoflavivirus denguei (dengue virus), which has caused major epidemics on the American and Asian continents. Another arbovirus that has emerged in the Americas since 2022 is Orthobunyavirus oropouchense (oropouche virus), which has expanded its circulation. However, there is a significant gap in our understanding of how arboviruses interact with their hosts and vectors, especially in certain regions and among various mammal species where there is no surveillance. Constant, long-term monitoring makes it possible to focus research on analyzing the interrelationships and characteristics of each component—animal, human, and their environment—in order to understand the dynamics of the diseases and guide epidemiological surveillance and vector control programs.
This Special Issue aims to summarize current knowledge about arboviruses and discuss the challenges of the emergence and re-emergence of arboviruses. Control of arboviruses is complicated by their ambiguous clinical symptoms and the growing resistance of the Aedes aegypti mosquito to insecticides. Despite the high seroprevalence of certain viruses, the possibility of new epidemics cannot be ruled out. Therefore, active epidemiological surveillance is needed to identify possible outbreaks, and an appropriate sentinel surveillance system and a broad panel of virological diagnostics are being developed to improve disease management.
Dr. Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- arboviruses
- zoonotic viruses
- surveillance
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