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Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA by Ruiz, Marilyn O, Chaves, Luis F, Hamer, Gabriel L, Sun, Ting, Brown, William M, Walker, Edward D, Haramis, Linn, Goldberg, Tony L, Kitron, Uriel D

“…BACKGROUND: Models of the effects of environmental factors on West Nile virus disease risk have yielded conflicting outcomes. The role of precipitation has…”
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Fine-scale variation in vector host use and force of infection drive localized patterns of West Nile virus transmission by Hamer, Gabriel L, Chaves, Luis F, Anderson, Tavis K, Kitron, Uriel D, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Loss, Scott R, Walker, Edward D, Goldberg, Tony L

“…The influence of host diversity on multi-host pathogen transmission and persistence can be confounded by the large number of species and biological…”
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Outbreak of Exanthematous Illness Associated with Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Viruses, Salvador, Brazil by Cardoso, Cristiane W, Paploski, Igor A D, Kikuti, Mariana, Rodrigues, Moreno S, Silva, Monaise M O, Campos, Gubio S, Sardi, Silvia I, Kitron, Uriel, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ribeiro, Guilherme S

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House-to-house human movement drives dengue virus transmission by Stoddard, Steven T., Forshey, Brett M., Morrison, Amy C., Paz-Soldan, Valerie A., Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M., Astete, Helvio, Reiner, Robert C., Vilcarromero, Stalin, Elder, John P., Halsey, Eric S., Kochel, Tadeusz J., Kitron, Uriel, Scott, Thomas W.

“…Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease of growing global health importance. Prevention efforts focus on mosquito control, with limited success. New insights into…”
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Variation in Aedes aegypti Mosquito Competence for Zika Virus Transmission by Roundy, Christopher M, Azar, Sasha R, Rossi, Shannan L, Huang, Jing H, Leal, Grace, Yun, Ruimei, Fernandez-Salas, Ildefonso, Vitek, Christopher J, Paploski, Igor A D, Kitron, Uriel, Ribeiro, Guilherme S, Hanley, Kathryn A, Weaver, Scott C, Vasilakis, Nikos

“…To test whether Zika virus has adapted for more efficient transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, leading to recent urban outbreaks, we fed mosquitoes from…”
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Contributions from the silent majority dominate dengue virus transmission by Ten Bosch, Quirine A, Clapham, Hannah E, Lambrechts, Louis, Duong, Veasna, Buchy, Philippe, Althouse, Benjamin M, Lloyd, Alun L, Waller, Lance A, Morrison, Amy C, Kitron, Uriel, Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M, Scott, Thomas W, Perkins, T Alex

“…Despite estimates that, each year, as many as 300 million dengue virus (DENV) infections result in either no perceptible symptoms (asymptomatic) or symptoms…”
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Characteristics of Aedes aegypti adult mosquitoes in rural and urban areas of western and coastal Kenya by Ndenga, Bryson Alberto, Mutuku, Francis Maluki, Ngugi, Harun Njenga, Mbakaya, Joel Omari, Aswani, Peter, Musunzaji, Peter Siema, Vulule, John, Mukoko, Dunstan, Kitron, Uriel, LaBeaud, Angelle Desiree

“…Aedes aegypti is the main vector for yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. Recent outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya have been reported in…”
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Blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? by Chaves, Luis F, Harrington, Laura C, Keogh, Carolyn L, Nguyen, Andy M, Kitron, Uriel D

“…The foraging behavior of blood-sucking arthropods is the defining biological event shaping the transmission cycle of vector-borne parasites. It is also a…”
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Nonlinear impacts of climatic variability on the density-dependent regulation of an insect vector of disease by Chaves, Luis F., Morrison, Amy C., Kitron, Uriel D., Scott, Thomas W.

“…Aedes aegypti is one of the most common urban tropical mosquito species and an important vector of dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever viruses. It is also an…”
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Isolation of Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019 by Romer, Yamila, Adcock, Kayla, Wei, Zhuoran, Mead, Daniel G, Kirstein, Oscar, Bellman, Steph, Piantadosi, Anne, Kitron, Uriel, Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M

“…Report of a human death and exposure of white-tailed deer to Heartland virus (HRTV) in Georgia, USA, prompted the sampling of questing ticks during 2018-2019…”
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Time Lags between Exanthematous Illness Attributed to Zika Virus, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and Microcephaly, Salvador, Brazil by Paploski, Igor A D, Prates, Ana Paula P B, Cardoso, Cristiane W, Kikuti, Mariana, Silva, Monaise M O, Waller, Lance A, Reis, Mitermayer G, Kitron, Uriel, Ribeiro, Guilherme S

“…Zika virus infection emerged as a public health emergency after increasing evidence for its association with neurologic disorders and congenital malformations…”
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Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in an Urban Slum, Brazil by Anjos, Rosângela O, Mugabe, Vánio André, Moreira, Patrícia S S, Carvalho, Caroline X, Portilho, Moyra M, Khouri, Ricardo, Sacramento, Gielson A, Nery, Jr, Nivison R R, Reis, Mitermayer G, Kitron, Uriel D, Ko, Albert I, Costa, Federico, Ribeiro, Guilherme S

“…After a chikungunya outbreak in Salvador, Brazil, we performed a cross-sectional, community-based study of 1,776 inhabitants to determine chikungunya virus…”
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Using GPS technology to quantify human mobility, dynamic contacts and infectious disease dynamics in a resource-poor urban environment by Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M, Bisanzio, Donal, Stoddard, Steven T, Paz-Soldan, Valerie, Morrison, Amy C, Elder, John P, Ramirez-Paredes, Jhon, Halsey, Eric S, Kochel, Tadeusz J, Scott, Thomas W, Kitron, Uriel

“…Empiric quantification of human mobility patterns is paramount for better urban planning, understanding social network structure and responding to infectious…”
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Host Selection by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Amplification by Hamer, Gabriel L, Kitron, Uriel D, Goldberg, Tony L, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Loss, Scott R, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Hayes, Daniel B, Walker, Edward D

“…Recent field studies have suggested that the dynamics of West Nile virus (WNV) transmission are influenced strongly by a few key super spreader bird species…”
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Wild birds and urban ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2005-2010 by Hamer, Sarah A, Goldberg, Tony L, Kitron, Uriel D, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Anderson, Tavis K, Loss, Scott R, Walker, Edward D, Hamer, Gabriel L

“…Bird-facilitated introduction of ticks and associated pathogens is postulated to promote invasion of tick-borne zoonotic diseases into urban areas. Results of…”
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Quantifying the spatial dimension of dengue virus epidemic spread within a tropical urban environment by Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M, Kitron, Uriel, Montgomery, Brian, Horne, Peter, Ritchie, Scott A

“…Dengue infection spread in naive populations occurs in an explosive and widespread fashion primarily due to the absence of population herd immunity, the…”
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Spatial prediction of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus seroprevalence among livestock in Uganda by Telford, Carson, Nyakarahuka, Luke, Waller, Lance, Kitron, Uriel, Shoemaker, Trevor

“…Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a viral disease that can infect humans via contact with tick vectors or livestock reservoirs and can cause moderate…”
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Zika virus pandemic: a human and public health crisis by Ribeiro, Guilherme Sousa, Kitron, Uriel

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Dispersal of adult culex mosquitoes in an urban west nile virus hotspot: a mark-capture study incorporating stable isotope enrichment of natural larval habitats by Hamer, Gabriel L, Anderson, Tavis K, Donovan, Danielle J, Brawn, Jeffrey D, Krebs, Bethany L, Gardner, Allison M, Ruiz, Marilyn O, Brown, William M, Kitron, Uriel D, Newman, Christina M, Goldberg, Tony L, Walker, Edward D

“…Dispersal is a critical life history behavior for mosquitoes and is important for the spread of mosquito-borne disease. We implemented the first stable isotope…”
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The role of human movement in the transmission of vector-borne pathogens by Stoddard, Steven T, Morrison, Amy C, Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M, Paz Soldan, Valerie, Kochel, Tadeusz J, Kitron, Uriel, Elder, John P, Scott, Thomas W

“…Human movement is a key behavioral factor in many vector-borne disease systems because it influences exposure to vectors and thus the transmission of…”
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